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Public keys are open, but the hard part is mapping real people to their public keys. How do you know that the public key they send is the real one, and wasn't m

Public keys are open, but the hard part is mapping real people to their public keys. How do you know that the public key they send is the real one, and wasn't modified en route? For people you know IRL, this is easy, but for strangers?

snakeanus 9y ago
You could use OpenPGP public keys so you can use the web of trust that comes with them.