Robots in the WoT

[Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder]

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On Wednesday 25 June 2003 16:02, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> Blah. This is what I was afraid would happen someday:
=2E..
> 0x8A7C07CD (Robot CA <robotca@toehold.com>) signs
=2E..

So?

While I like the idea of the global WoT and I like the keyanalize ranking, =
it=20
is really just a game and doesn't have anything to do with trust management=
=2E=20
Actual use of gpg for private communication requires a personal decision wh=
om=20
to trust - so, if you want to remove the robotCA key from your personal WoT=
,=20
there's nobody telling you not to.

As with all complex systems, it is important to constantly remind oneself w=
hat=20
are the tools and what is their purpose. The RobotCA is a tool to establish=
=20
that a person who has access to some email address also has access to the=20
secret key with this email address in the uid. It doesn't try to establish=
=20
the identity of that person - and it doesn't claim that it does.

cheers
=2D- vbi


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Available for key signing in Z=C3=BCrich and Basel, Switzerland
                     (what's this? Look at http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro)

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