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[Discuss] privacy with pgp keys



On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:52:55PM -0400, John Abreau wrote:
> If a key has been stripped of all traces of the owner's identity, I don't
> see how it would be possible to adequately verify trust of that key during
> the keysigning party.

Or when you are sending them e-mail.  Or at any other time.  Positive
identification of the recipient is generally part of what is required,
so that you do not, say, encrypt company secrets to your competitor,
instead of your coworker, for example.

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Derek D. Martin    http://www.pizzashack.org/   GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02
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