ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoAnnouncing FOKS, the Federated Open Key Service | The FOKS Blogblog.foks.pubexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
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minus-squarealexcleac@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days 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-up5·2 days 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.
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.