gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

On 08/17/2016 05:04 PM, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2016 16:53:57 schrieb Werner Koch:
>> FWIW, I really wonder why people seem to use the keyid to check keys.
> 
> It is not done to check keys, it done to distinquish keys to select
> in user interfaces. 

At which point even short keyid isn't an issue as long as they only
select amongst valid keys to begin with, unless they actually have two
people with colliding keyids by coincidence that they communicate with.


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