There are too many threads, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919651. I don't see why we got here from P

There are too many threads, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919651. I don't see why we got here from PGP though. > I think I'm missing something, how does asking for their public key improve security or verify their identity? OK, so this was the question. My response should have been "it does not necessarily verify their identity". I mentioned some of the mechanisms for identity verification in the other thread.