Problem with faked-system-time option

[Jerome Baum]

>>> Some people labour under the misapprehension that the
>>> signature time is significant and has potential legal
>>> implications.
>
>> Why should that be a misapprehension?
>
> Because the signature time means nothing, unless there is
> corroboration. It is trivial to alter a system clock (or to use
> software to pass a different time to an app).

Yes, and it is trivial to write a fake date next to my signature. That
doesn't mean there are no legal implications. In fact, just as I can
commit fraud (under the right circumstances) by writing that fake date
on a piece of paper, I can commit fraud by using a fake time-stamp in
an OpenPGP signature.

Let's summarize: The signature time has potential legal implications.

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