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echo: public_keys
to: AUGUST ABOLINS
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2020-01-06 18:13:00
subject: Re: won`t be signing ever

Hi August,

On 2020-01-05 22:55:14, you wrote to me:

 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.

 WvV>> I wouldn't want to import them all to my keyring file!

 AA> I was just pointing out that globally, there is a relatively small
 AA> number of people posting their keys.

I think almost 6 million isn't a small number. Almost 1 in every 1000 earth
human has one. ;)

On the other hand. Almost every one with a key has more than 1. (Like Tommy's
18 ;))

 WvV>> That requires some human employer to check this, and would make
 WvV>> the company responsible in case a human mistake was made. They
 WvV>> want that to be an external risk, not theirs...

 AA> Maybe true re external risk. But if we are just talking about a
 AA> signature for a release-date acknowledgement, all "they" have to do is
 AA> pull my public key to verify that the pgp-signed message with "I agree"
 AA> was indeed penned by me.

 AA> Some aspects of business-2-business are ripe for pgp.

You don't have to convince me. ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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