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Re:Keybase.io is very useful for Web of Trust by shakna on Sunday January 15, 2017 @05:35AM (#13403395)
When you say Web of Trust, I'd say quite a few think of the troublesome browser extension [0], not the theory [1].

A key point in the theory, is that it is decentralised. Keybase isn't.

What you're enjoying is just public key infrastructure, and GitHub integrating it well.

It's cool it exists, and works well. But it's hardly a Web of Trust.

[0] http://lifehacker.com/web-of-trust-sells-your-browsing-histo...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust

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Re:Keybase.io is very useful for Web of Trust by 00dani on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:17AM (#13408351)
Well, yes, Keybase.io acts as a centralised location to find all the identity proofs, but you don't actually need to rely on it - the proofs on each external site can be independently verified without any help from Keybase.io.
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