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Because that's what a public keyserver is for. It's not a private file syncing service. You can use it as one, but don't get mad at others when they use public
by soraminazuki 3y ago
Because that's what a public keyserver is for. It's not a private file syncing service. You can use it as one, but don't get mad at others when they use public keyservers as intended.
- lxgr 3y ago> Because that's what a public keyserver is for. Who defined that? > It's not a private file syncing service. No, it's a public file syncing service :)
- soraminazuki 3y agoWell, ask the creator of PGP: > Whatever it is, you don't want your private electronic mail (email) or confidential documents read by anyone else. https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html It was designed for private electronic mail. Or the PGP FAQ linked by the MIT keyserver: > PGP is a program that gives your electronic mail something that it otherwise doesn't have: Privacy. https://pgp.mit.edu/info.html https://pgp.mit.edu/info.html Where did you get your definition from? Because it's the first time I ever heard of it.
- lxgr 3y agoFrom www.openpgp.org: > Although OpenPGP’s main purpose is end-to-end encrypted email communication, it is also utilized for encrypted messaging and other use cases such as password managers. Tools and protocols evolve. Just because it was generated with email in mind doesn't mean that that's what people use it for these days.
- soraminazuki 3y agoYes, but that still doesn't grant you permission to yell at people using it as originally intended. And whatever the "modern" usage for PGP may be, the purpose of keyservers still remain the same: publishing keys for others to use, or discovering them.