3 ms·
> there's room for a yellow pages style public key directory for journalists There is! Most journalists have a Twitter account or at least some verifiable onli
by dmd 12y ago
> there's room for a yellow pages style public key directory for journalists
There is! Most journalists have a Twitter account or at least some verifiable online identity, so that's exactly what https://keybase.io/ https://keybase.io/ is for.
- davidholmesnyc 12y agoAwesome. Didn't know that existed. I have to check it out for my own personal email communications between my friends.
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- na85 12y agoDoesn't keybase require you to upload your private keys to them? I can't think of a worse approach.
- mburns 12y agoNo, they don't. There is an option to upload an encrypted version of your private key, but you can simply choose not to.
- aendruk 12y agoNo, and you also don't have to use its client software. You can (and I do) use the service solely by signing JSON documents locally and uploading the signature.
- coldpie 12y agoAt its core, it's just a keystore with some innovative verification features (face it: key signing parties weren't working). It has some optional sugar on top. I do think it's a mistake for them to allow uploading your private key. They really shouldn't be encouraging private key promiscuity like that. Otherwise, I really like the service and hope it catches on.