Hi,
HggdH:
> > (another snip)
>
> I do not agree with these assertions.
>
Well, I do. Unfortunately.
It's a fact that many miscreants hide behind their nicknames and
would not say or do what they do say or do if their real name,
or (to put it bluntly) their parents' phone numbers, were readily
available.
(Personal experience... from both sides of that particular fence,
I have to admit.)
> Perhaps I am missing something here. If I sign my nickname GPG key with
> my real-id GPG key, then my real name will be displayable by anyone with
> cursory knowledge of GPG/PGP. Yes, there might be other signers to my
> key, but now the universe is much more restricted.
>
There's a workaround to that problem -- Launchpad can strip third-party
signatures when it displays your GPG key. Thus, it would still know that
you're in the Web of Trust if that is important (is it?), but nobody
else would be able to get any details from it.
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