Ubuntu does not come standard with keybase, fwiw. If it is on your machine, you (or someone) must have put it there.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 6:27 PM Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote: > > Two months ago, I asked about PGP key repositories. > Russell mentioned keybase, then seemed to disparage it > in a subsequent email. I thought no more about it. > > And then ... > > --- > > I am transitioning from CentOS to Mate-Ubuntu 20.04. > > The laptop beside me is running a days-old "standard" > Mate-Ubuntu install, for learning and experiments and > similar mayhem. The taskbar shows a small dribble > network activity. Who ordered this mess? > > sudo netstat -tupn > > ... suggests that activity is three open 443 ports for > keybase (!) connected to three AWS instances. WTF? > > I did not intentionally install keybase. It is probably > part of the standard Ubuntu load. I probably don't want > it, and I may not want it within 100 meters of any of my > computers. > > But before I terminate the sumbitch with extreme prejudice, > then follow dodgy intertube-suggested procedures to remove > keybase and its files from my systems and hard disk, > is there any reason to keep keybase, and endure its pesky > mosquito-like drain on my network bandwidth? > > Are there any keybase-created files I should keep around > JUST IN CASE, perhaps on an 8 inch CPM floppy disk in a > waterproof bag hidden in the toilet tank? > > Should I trust the MateUbuntu install DVD that gifted > me with ... THIS? Or should I wipe and reinstall from a > different DVD install image ... and from what repository? > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
