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Keybase.io doesn't search users email addresses

If I know colleagues with email addresses, how do I find their keybase ID when they might be out of touch? Names alone are not very unique... Ephemeral relationships between public services like GitHub, Twitter, Facebook, etc can be forged to establish an implanted identify similar or in place of a legitimate one. Just what goes on here?
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Re:Keybase.io doesn't search users email addresses by eweneedavpn on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @01:19PM (#12913020)
How would you verify the email addresses in the first place?
Re:Keybase.io doesn't search users email addresses by andymurd on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:54PM (#12917849)
Would it work if keybase periodically send an email containing a phrase that is encrypted with your public key. You decrypt the email and enter the phrase into the keybase website?