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chalbersma
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"OpenPGP experts targeted by long-feared ‘poisoning’ attack" https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/05/openpgp-experts-targeted-by-long-feared-poisoning-attack/
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Barricade
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Could the blockchain be used as a keyserver?
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It suffers the same issue as SKS: what you add lives there forever.
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chalbersma
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It's not the live forever that's a problem (that can be solved with a revocation strategy) it's the identity verification that's a problem.You need Oracle's to verify a signature ....
chalbersma
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Is associated with a real (or realish) human. That's why I like keybase.io . It's put together a system to be that acts at that Oracle and has put together a recipe to self verify.
chalbersma
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In theory yes. There are a few "identity" projects out there that use Blockchain or Blockchain like systems. Part of the issue is identity verification. That's why I like...
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things like keybase.io . I think their model could be extended to include more traditional systems for identity verification.


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