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No, my comment was made in good faith. So, the point about rudeness. PGP keyservers exist for the sole purpose of letting you advertise your keys. Shaming peop
by soraminazuki 3y ago
No, my comment was made in good faith.
So, the point about rudeness. PGP keyservers exist for the sole purpose of letting you advertise your keys. Shaming people who used keyservers for what they were designed for is what's rude here. Actually, more than rude. It's a trap.
Next, about actually thinking about all the reasons for uploading keys to a keyserver. Can you actually name a use case that you consider legitimate for discovering encryption keys through a public keyserver? Because your point seems to be that people upload them unwillingly.
You shouldn't be quick to accuse people of rudeness and bad faith in those with different perspectives.
- soraminazuki 3y agoAlso, > I think most people don't know that, and/or don't know how to separate the two. I'm sure people will understand what "sign only" means when GPG prompts the user to choose what kind of keys to create.
- Macha 3y agoIf it prompts them (i.e. if they use --full-gen-key) . --quick-gen-key and --gen-key just assume the user wants both
- soraminazuki 3y agoGPG guides tend to use --full-gen-key, maybe because they're picky about key algorithms and key sizes.