Flexibility when using photos

[Neil Williams]

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On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:04 pm, Jens Nachtigall wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I just created my first own key pair and thought about adding a photo. If=
 I
> add a photo, will it later still be possible to change this photo while
> keeping this key pair (in case I get this green colour one day ;-) ?

The photo gets incorporated into the public key itself (so keep the photo=20
small) and like any other UID, it would need to be revoked if it's going to=
=20
change. Changing the photo regularly is going to make your public key=20
enormous!

>
> Has adding a photo any negative sideeffects, i.e. compatibility problems
> with older versions or with pgp?

Not sure about older versions of pgp, but some keyservers have problems wit=
h=20
photo UID's - you may find that people cannot find your new key but if you=
=20
put some kind of comment in your emails along the lines of: this is my=20
homepage where you'll find my public key: it should be OK.

> Couldn't find anything in the docs about this,
> Jens
>
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