TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
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   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
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   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-05 20:41:53, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>> Outside of fidonet. I see it sometimes in newsgroups. And I   
    WvV>> know the (open)suse, software distribution system makes use of   
    WvV>> gpg keys to sign the distributed software.   
      
    AA> According to the info at https://sks-keyservers.net/status/   
      
    AA>      Max keys:  5964828   
      
    AA> That's really not a whole lot in the internet collective.   
      
   I wouldn't want to import them all to my keyring file! ;-)   
      
    WvV>> I don't think "they" are going to trust it, untill there will   
    WvV>> be a government key signing authority, that can "properly"   
    WvV>> verify your identity.   
      
    AA> Why not?  There is a vast pre-history of email exchange between me and   
    AA> the vendor with many emails that include my customer/account number with   
    AA> them. And my cheques even include the same customer/account number.  So,   
    AA> they ought have great confidence that next time they send me something   
    AA> to the same email address to sign, then my PGP-signed reply was done by   
   me.   
      
   That requires some human employer to check this, and would make the company   
   responsible in case a human mistake was made. They want that to be an external   
   risk, not theirs...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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