Quoting Bernhard Reiter <bernh...@intevation.de> (from Wed, 31 May 2023 16:55:05 +0200):

https://pgp.governikus.de/?lang=EN

"""
Governikus provides the online service for authenticating your OpenPGP key on
behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). This
online service compares the name read from your ID card, your electronic
residence permit or eID card for citizens of the European Union with the name
specified in your OpenPGP key. If the names match, your public key is
electronically signed by Governikus, confirming the match.
"""

interesting, kind of cool.

Obviously they cannot authenticate the email address
so once I have a common name, we get collisions?

The signature is send to the email listed in the key. In case you share a name with someone which has a PGP key and you sign this key, the person(s) with access to that email account will get the signature.

Bye,
Alexander.

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http://www.Leidinger.net alexan...@leidinger.net: PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF
http://www.FreeBSD.org    netch...@freebsd.org  : PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF

Attachment: pgpefwKw5NZdn.pgp
Description: Digitale PGP-Signatur

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