user id question

[Werner Koch]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:51, 2017-r3sgs86x8e-lists-groups at riseup.net said:

> Is "nerdy" good or bad in this context?

That is really up to you.  Often it is fun to be a nerd.

To the OP: I have done keysigning for about 25 years but meanwhile I
don't think that the Web of Trust is a good idea to make encryption for
the masses really easy.  Also it is often more a game than serious
operational security.  In particular if it comes to the pretty German of
scheme of it which sometimes demands two government issued identity
documents and so on.  That is in stark contrast to the grassroots origin
of PGP and its tendency not to trust the government.  For a small closed
group the Web of Trust used to work well, though.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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Die Gedanken sind frei.  Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.
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