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Re:Zoom Acquires Keybase by dewey on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:29PM (#23105633)
You don't understand what Keybase does.

The whole point is that you don't just use it to upload a key. You link various verified identifies of yours across the web to your Keybase account so people know the PGP key there is the one of the verified person. It's a way to tie all your verified identifies together.

If someone would manage to compromise a bunch of identities of someone on the internet, and then create a Keybase account with them and then upload a compromised PGP key that would be a problem if you don't verify the key. But that's a bit of a stretch.

Re:Zoom Acquires Keybase by efreak on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:15PM (#23107006)
In reality: I used keybase for a while. When I allowed a domain to expire and the DNS record disappeared, keybase threw up warning both in cli and their website that my identity verification couldn't be completed. My only problems I ever had with keybase was related to the cloud storage they offer.

My real wish is that keybase supported ssh keys and would provide them as an agent.

Re:Zoom Acquires Keybase by namibj on Thursday May 07, 2020 @09:09PM (#23110321)
You can revoke the DNS signature. I'll assume your keybase account name is the same as on HN.

I do agree on the ssh key feature being nice, and, here's a link: https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-ssh-ca You could also just use the keybase file system to keep ssh keys around.