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minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·19 hours agoWhat’s the advantage of something like FOKS compared to gnupg or openPGP servers?
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours agoRight at the top: FOKS is like Keybase, but fully open-source and federated, with SSO and YubiKey support.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·17 hours agoI guess the reason I am asking is that I have never understood the use-case for Keybase either. So your answer does not really answer my question. 😀
minus-squarealexcleac@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoMy understanding of Keybase is that it was some kind identity aggregator. You were able to link identities not just by keys, but also by external services, like Twitter (at a time), email and other things.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoAh, so the main difference from gnupg and openpgp servers is that it can use other methods than email to identify the owner of a key. Thank you.
What’s the advantage of something like FOKS compared to gnupg or openPGP servers?
Right at the top:
I guess the reason I am asking is that I have never understood the use-case for Keybase either.
So your answer does not really answer my question. 😀
My understanding of Keybase is that it was some kind identity aggregator. You were able to link identities not just by keys, but also by external services, like Twitter (at a time), email and other things.
Ah, so the main difference from gnupg and openpgp servers is that it can use other methods than email to identify the owner of a key. Thank you.