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Re: [openpgp] key distribution by email strategy

Andrew Gallagher <andrewg@andrewg.com> Fri, 11 December 2020 11:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] key distribution by email strategy
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On 11/12/2020 11:21, Kai Engert wrote:
> This will require UI to distinguish the key verification status 
> individually per user ID.

This is an eventuality that any reasonable UI *must* already handle. 
Just because my key is valid for andrewg@andrewg.com, does not mean that 
it is therefore valid for president@whitehouse.gov.

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Andrew Gallagher

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