German ct magazine postulates death of pgp encryption

[Mirimir]

On 02/27/2015 01:12 PM, Andreas Schwier wrote:

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> So what exactly is the purpose of the keyserver then ? If you expect me
> to still verify fingerprints out of band, why would I grab a - probably
> bogus key - from a keyserver first place ? I could immediately ask my
> peer to send it by mail.

I find keyservers most useful when I receive a signed (and typically
encrypted) email from someone whose public key I don't have. Enigmail
reports an untrusted signature. So I hit Details, and accept its offer
to get the requisite key from (by default) <pool.sks-keyservers.net>.

If I need the public key of someone new, I first look on <keybase.io>.
If it's not there, or on their website or blog, I typically just request
it by email.

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