Thoughts on Keybase

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Wed Jan 7 03:14:43 CET 2015


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On 01/06/2015 06:04 PM, MFPA wrote:

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> Anyway, we have gone *way* off-topic. My original comment was intended
> to convey my general opinion that a publicly-known dossier of
> unrelated "identity" events sounds far too invasive to be comfortable.
> And later in my posting, the corollary that keybase does not sound
> like something attractive to people who, like me, prefer to
> compartmentalise the facets of their life as separate "fractions".

I also favor compartmentalization. But reading <https://keybase.io/>, I
don't see any requirement to include all online identity information,
provide government-issued ID, etc, etc, etc. I already use Gravatar
<http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2fb817d36499985e91e5778ed4a0c8b7.png>.

Wouldn't Keybase just better link all that to Mirimir's GnuPG key? Or am
I missing the point? Is there an expectation that Keybase usernames are
not merely pseudonyms?

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