Re:I'm giving up on PGP
by zeveb on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @05:58PM
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> Web of Trust implies such a glaringly obvious visual metaphor that I am truly in awe that not a single program works that way.
Yeah, but it doesn't actually work. The fact that I know you (i.e., I'm willing to certify your identity) implies nothing about my trust in identities you certify. For all I know, you mint a new identity every second, and then use all those newly-minted identities to cross-sign one another's keys.
Yeah, but it doesn't actually work. The fact that I know you (i.e., I'm willing to certify your identity) implies nothing about my trust in identities you certify. For all I know, you mint a new identity every second, and then use all those newly-minted identities to cross-sign one another's keys.