That is very true. I have a friend whose first name is M'Lou and she's had all kinds of issues when systems freak out over her first name.
On 5/21/2020 6:48 AM, Mark H. Wood via Gnupg-users wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 03:27:28PM -0700, Mark wrote: >> Did a bit more experimenting with it. You can have something only in >> the first name field but it has to be a minimum of 5 characters and the >> first one must be a letter. .. > *sigh* > https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ > >> On 5/20/2020 3:16 PM, Mark wrote: >>> It must be... With all the talk of "anonymous" keys I wanted to see if I >>> could create one with Kleopatra, especially since it says optional for >>> name. >>> >>> On 5/20/2020 12:27 AM, Andrew Gallagher wrote: >>>>> On 20 May 2020, at 06:32, Mark <azbigd...@gmx.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just to test this out I tried creating a new key in Kleopatra with no >>>>> name and then with just a single name and it would not let me do it. It >>>>> had to have a first and at least a last initial. >>>> This must be a Kleopatra limitation. I have successfully created IDs >>>> consisting of a single word using the gpg command line. >>>> >>>> Such a limitation would be user-hostile, as there are people in some >>>> cultures who have only one name, the Indonesian dictator Suharto being one >>>> famous example. >> _______________________________________________ >> Gnupg-users mailing list >> Gnupg-users@gnupg.org >> http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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