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Re:Securing Email Communications from Facebook by Flimm on Monday June 01, 2015 @07:24AM (#9637799)
Why does the idea of Facebook as keyserver worry you? How is it worse than using another keyserver?
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Re:Securing Email Communications from Facebook by gtirloni on Monday June 01, 2015 @08:45AM (#9638094)
I don't need a MIT account to use MIT's key server. Facebook has the tendency to make things available only behind their wall.
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Re:Securing Email Communications from Facebook by ceejayoz on Monday June 01, 2015 @09:00AM (#9638171)
Why couldn't you use both?
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Re:Securing Email Communications from Facebook by TsukasaUjiie on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @09:53AM (#9645816)
There's perhaps the risk of it becoming the major anchor in the web of trust. That said, you're probably right with respect to the other keyservers being no better.
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