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Re: pgp signing in van

2013-09-06 21:19:10
On Sep 6, 2013 9:10 PM, "Ted Lemon" <ted(_dot_)lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

On Sep 6, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Melinda Shore 
<melinda(_dot_)shore(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
when you vouch for someone's identity - in an authoritative
trust system - you're also vouching for the authenticity of
their transactions.

This is what I mean by "a high bar."   Signing someone's PGP key should
mean "I know this person as X," not "this person is X."


Dilution of trust is a problem with PGP. "I know this person as X" is way
too lax if you want the system to scale.

Scott
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