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   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: short IDs and/or Photo ID   
   05 Jan 20 20:25:45   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e1238ba   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e122ace   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-05 20:28:30, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA> https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/D50ECD4F514B75DC0A064F8   
    AA> 93BB37DA84A97932B   
      
    WvV>> Yes that looks like it. The ID that's quoted above is enough to   
    WvV>> search for it!   
      
    AA> I found out that is not always the case. It seems to depend on the   
    AA> server.  For example, I used your RSA key 3BB37DA84A97932B as above, but   
    AA> the server at keys.openpgp.org reported that they do not support   
    AA> abbreviated keys.   
      
   Strange. Why wouldn't they support it? What would be the benefit of that?   
      
    WvV>> wilfred@wilnux5: ~> gpg -- fingerprint - k 4A97932B pub   
    WvV>> 4096R/4A97932B 2017-10-25 [expires: 2023-01-01] Key   
    WvV>> fingerprint = D50E CD4F 514B 75DC 0A06 4F89 3BB3 7DA8 4A97 932B   
    WvV>> uid [ultimate] Wilfred van Velzen  uid   
    WvV>> [ultimate] Wilfred van Velzen  uid [ultimate]   
    WvV>> [jpeg image of size 5943] sub 4096R/2D3482F3 2017-10-25   
      
    AA> What is interesting, I just fetched your updated keys from the *same*   
    AA> server that I used on my lessor TB 2.0.0.24 pc, but this time on my TB   
    AA> 60 there was no photo offered or recorded.  :(   
      
    AA> I wonder why the difference.   
      
   When I export the key to the server, I have the option not to export   
   attributes (photo ID). Maybe it's optional on importing to, but the option   
   isn't given to you?   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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