Thank you for all the input. I never dreamt what avalanche i could start
with my original question.
I also support the idea that my pub ring is my business, and noyb!
The old saying is: Show me your acquaintances and i tell you who you are.

I don't want to be categorised like this, having all kind of scoundrel
and scamsters on my keyring :-)

Who else uses encryption these days :-)?

John

On 05/15/2015 12:03 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> You mean like this?
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia>
> Some people need to keep their public keyrings secure.
>
> Imagine the authorities are interested in Alice and Bob.  They think the
> two of them might be colluding but they don't know how.  Now imagine
> your keyring holds the certificates for both Alice and Bob.  Now imagine
> the police see your keyring.  You just became a principal target of the
> investigation, because you're the possible communications cut-out.  The
> next few weeks of your life get filled with rubber hoses, waterboarding,
> and sustained beatings.
>
> Alice's certificate is public knowledge.  So is Bob's.  But the
> knowledge that *you communicate with both of them* may be enough to land
> you in a whole lot of hot water, especially if you live in a place
> without a strong tradition of human rights.
>
> I, myself, do not need to keep my public keyring private.  But I'm not
> going to denounce those who do have such needs as paranoid.  Unless I
> know the person's specific situation, I'm just not in any place to make
> that judgment.
>
> Neither are you.
>
>
>
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