User id's without person's name, only email

Teemu Likonen tlikonen at iki.fi
Tue Nov 16 17:20:51 CET 2021


I have seen a couple of new OpenPGP keys which have only email addresses
as user id's. No person's name at all. I also noticed that Notmuch Emacs
email client was changed in recent months so that it shows only signer's
email when the signature is verified with a valid key, even if key's
user id's have person's name.

Am I seeing a starting trend here? Do some people think that it is
better practice to have only have email address as user id? What might
be their reason? Or maybe it's not a trend and doesn't mean anything. I
got curious anyway. Add your speculation. :-)

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/// Teemu Likonen - .-.. https://www.iki.fi/tlikonen/
// OpenPGP: 6965F03973F0D4CA22B9410F0F2CAE0E07608462
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