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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 |
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