On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Bernhard Seibold wrote: > Hi! > > I noticed that in the user profile, the PGP Key ID is 8 hex digits only. > This is a bad idea: > > http://www.asheesh.org/note/debian/short-key-ids-are-bad-news.html > > Honestly I don't know what that Key ID is used for, but it should be > either fixed or removed. > > Have a look at how Launchpad handles PGP keys. It sends you an encrypted > email with a confirmation link. > > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ImportingYourPGPKey > This is all true, but given they are currently mostly useless, and that there is discussion on implementing a better system I think it makes sense to just wait till we find out what the final solution is and go directly to that.
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