> I'm not at all surprised that you had those results.  A limited subset of 
> people have support for OpenPGP signatures.  A limited subset of those people 
> actually verify signatures.  A limited subset of those people actually pay 
> attention to what those signatures say.

Yes: but one would hope that on PGP-Basics those "limited subsets" would be 
present in significant numbers, much as on GnuPG-Users.

> It is reasonable that if someone was being masqueraded, that person would 
> speak up and challenge the forger (e.g. "Hey, you're not Martin!  I'm the 
> real Martin, and I can prove it by signing this message with the same key 
> I've used all along....").  If the real Martin waited for someone else to 
> notice, well, he may end up waiting for a long time.

I'm not sure this is reasonable.  If the real Martin doesn't care about what 
I'm saying, what motive does he have to check the signatures on my messages?


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