[colug-432] Keybase.io observations

[Dan Kaiser]

Does anyone in the group have advice on where new users should go for
remedial education in PGP/GPG and the benefits of Keybase.io?

I've read the about blurb on the KB site, and get that it is about
connection/encryption key sharing, and I feel like I should really want one
of the KB  invites, but I'm not going to ask for one until I can really use
it.

Thanks,
On Apr 7, 2014 11:32 AM, "Rick Troth" <rmt at casita.net> wrote:

> friends --
>
> I'm pretty geeked about Keybase.io and excited to see more of us on it.
>
> Expanding the global web-of-trust helps everyone.
> Have been wanting to see more PGP/GPG action at regular COLUG meetings.
> Am thinking we should at least mention "opportunistic countersigning" at
> most meetings. That is, if anyone present is in need of signatures or is
> willing to sign, make a point to do so after the meeting or during a
> break. (Quick face-to-face without the drawn out formality of a key
> signing party. Works well for two or three at a time.)
>
> Keybase.io offers alternative assurance methods. If you can prove that
> you own various internet resources, there's a good chance the related
> public key really belongs to you. Makes sense.
>
> But I'm still only "tracking" one person in KB space. I won't track
> someone who's public key I did not vet with the usual face-to-face
> dance. Doesn't mean I won't use a public key I got from KB, just that I
> won't "sign" it (which is what tracking sort of implies).
>
> I noticed that public keys on KB don't have PGP/GPG signatures of people
> you track. Am realizing (now!) that makes sense because KB tracking is
> not the same as the traditional PGP signing.
>
> -- R; <><
>
>
>
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