multiple keys vs multiple identities

MFPA expires2010 at ymail.com
Fri Sep 24 20:25:36 CEST 2010


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Hi


On Friday 24 September 2010 at 1:15:24 PM, in
<mid:4C9C965C.1060105 at gmail.com>, Vjaceslavs Klimovs wrote:


> Hi, If I have multiple not related e-mail accounts, is
> it better to create one key pair with multiple
> identities or a separate key pair for every account?

If you choose to include your email addresses in your user-IDs, having
all your identities on the same key means sharing all your email
addresses with anybody who knows any one of them. If you have a
problem with this, use multiple keys.

If there is any potential clash between the activities of somebody's
various identities themn multiple keys would be the way to go.

A single key-pair for all purposes is simpler to administrate (you
can't accidentally use the wrong key, for example, and you can more
easily participate in the web of trust).


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