keybase.io (was: Key Discovery Made Simple)

[Christian Heinrich]

Werner,

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:
> I am not sure, but I heard that keybase.io is moving towards a
> centralized system for encrypted message exchange.

keybase.io ulterior motive is for the end user to use their PGP/GPG
Javascript  implementation but it is not mandatory (to upload your
existing Private Key) when the end user enrolls.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:
> They not even try to minimize the use of meta data but use privacy
> invading services (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to connect the key into a way
> larger network than what we have with the Web of Trust.  Kind of key
> signing party for the Twitter generation.

I'm enrolled at https://keybase.io/cmlh and it is worth noting that
there is no URL listed on keybase.io for SKS or
https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=0xA46325100EAEE92B&op=index&fingerprint=on&exact=on
for example.

That stated, for anything I don't want disclosed I would generate
separate subkeypairs.

Also, while keybase.io support GitHub their independent integration is
https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-gpg-key-to-your-github-account/
as opposed to https://gist.github.com/cmlh/b3f0bcd38533a2dc05b8 for
example.


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Regards,
Christian Heinrich

http://cmlh.id.au/contact