[kwlug disc.] gpg / pgp key signing

[Marcel Gagne]

Hello all,

On Sunday 03 December 2006 00:18, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Richard Weait said:
> > *Two* pieces of gov't issue photo ID preferred.
>
> Why?  The whole point of creating a "Web of trust" is to remove
> hierarchical key signing authority, especially that of the government.
> Requiring government issued ID simply proxies the trust of your digital
> signature to the government. 

I guess I'm just too trusting, or naive, or both . . . when I read Richard's 
initial requirements of "two pieces of gov't issue photo ID preferred", I 
just assumed he was joking. I chuckled a little and moved on. 

Notice my emails aren't signed, and for the foreseeable future, I don't intend 
to sign them. However, I  do occasionally encrypt email when I feel it's 
important (or the people I communicate with require it). 

Take care out there.

> The government essentially becomes a 
> certificate authority because no-one will trust (sign) a key without the
> say-so of government ID.

That's why I always demand two major credit cards AND a cash deposit [ insert 
appropriate smiley here ].

Take care out there.

-- 
Marcel (Writer and Free Thinker at Large) Gagné
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