On 08/31/2016 01:45 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 04:27, [email protected] said: > >> What are the defects in <https://keybase.io/>? > > They not even try to minimize the use of meta data but use privacy > invading services (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to connect the key into a way > larger network than what we have with the Web of Trust. Kind of key > signing party for the Twitter generation.
But that's what I like about it :) Mirimir can't have an old-school Web of Trust. Nobody that I know in meatspace knows that I use that pseudonym. With KeyBase, Mirimir has signed proofs on Hacker News, reddit, and GitHub. Even if someone compromised my KeyBase account, and added a fake key, they couldn't change those published proofs, which are signed by my true key. I don't use Facebook or Twitter, because they're not friendly to pseudonyms. But for those not using pseudonyms, privacy invasion through verification of meatspace identity is a benefit, no? There's no privacy in attending a key signing party, is there? > I am not sure, but I heard that keybase.io is moving towards a > centralized system for encrypted message exchange. > > > Shalom-Salam, > > Werner > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
