I've said it already in this thread, but I will say it one last time before I drop it. Archiving video provides zero benefits, beyond the human to human connection of seeing what somebody looks like. It provides no way to establish identity or ownership of email/keys that email does not already provide. Or perhaps email with a photograph of me included?
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Florian Holeczek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > However, what would now be totally wrong IMO is, that some guys in the > ASF > > redefine these rules in order to make the process of release signing more > > simple. In the WoT big picture, this would automatically mean that every > key > > that is signed based on these weak rules would have to be marked as > > marginally trusted (if at all) by people who want to really follow the > > PGP/GPG WoT concept. > > In my opinion, we have sufficient expertise here at the ASF to devise an > authentication protocol whose reliability exceeds that of individuals > participating unsupervised in a web of trust, particularly if the protocol > were to incorporate archived video and auditing by a PMC. > > That said, persuading others that no corners are being cut may be a more > daunting challenge. :P > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- NS
