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honestly the real security fail in keybase seemed to be users flocking to add every single social media identity to their keybase account, allowing anyone using
by maximente 6y ago
honestly the real security fail in keybase seemed to be users flocking to add every single social media identity to their keybase account, allowing anyone using the public API to remove all doubt that greg1234 on twitter == karl5912 on reddit == john1005 on HN, etc.
scrape all those social media posts, reddit subs, etc. and you've probably got a solid idea of who that user is. all under the guise of public FLOSS stuff.
- tomcatfish 6y agoThat's not a flaw, that's the main feature I was using it for.
- efreak 6y agoOr you can just use keybase to only add your accounts that already have the same username and leave the others disconnected.