key-signing for pseudonyms

[Atom 'Smasher']

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after reviewing some how-to guides for key-signing parties, they
universally seem to skip any address verification!?!

according to the current how-to guides for a key-signing party, someone
could show up with ID that says "osama bin laden" and a key with my email
address.... the ID checks out with the name on the key-id, and
everything's fine; people sign osama bin laden's key with my email
address... and then the FBI comes knocking on my door.

maybe that's a stretch, but shouldn't confirming an email address be just
as important as confirming a real name? the address could be incorrect
either by accident or malice.


	...atom

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