Re: gpg for pseudonymous users [was: Re: gpg for anonymous users - Alternative to the web of trust?]

2013-04-07 Thread Stan Tobias
Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 04/05/2013 11:39 AM, Stan Tobias wrote: > > Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > >> For a pseudonymous author who wants to establish a credible claim to a > >> given identity, one way would be to encourage the people who have been > >> following the work of that author t

Re: gpg for pseudonymous users

2013-04-07 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 04/07/2013 04:06 AM, Stan Tobias wrote: > I'd be willing, too, to sign the Enemy's key, as long as its UID says > "Enemy" and not "Friend". But in fact, no one identifies in either way; "Enemy" and "Friend" are relational terms, and are not identities. Neither of them belong in the UID. If y

Re: gpg for pseudonymous users

2013-04-07 Thread mirimir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/07/2013 02:19 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > But let's bring this discussion back out of the metaphysical > territory of "what is the true nature of identity". In response > to adrelanos' question, I tried to give an example of what sort