Re: I'm not quitting that easy. (Was: Re: I would like to vote also.)
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Bushnell, BSG <tb@becket.net> writes:
>>>>> "Karl" == karlheg@bittersweet.member.dsl-only.net (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
Karl> That is not true. I've tried to prove my identity by signing a scan
Karl> of my state ID with the key and placing that in my home directory on
Karl> people.debian.org. The few maintainers whom I've met in person can
Karl> look at that ID scan and verify that the man in the photo is the man
Karl> they met. That was an attempt at verifying my identity.
Thomas> That doesn't prove your identity. At all! That's what you don't get.
</sigh> You must have skipped the next paragraph... I *do* get it.
I said that. It doesn't prove I'm the man in the photo, just that
the man in the photo is the man they've met.
Thomas> I could make a key tomorrow, and sign a picture of you with that key.
Thomas> It doesn't prove that they key is yours.
Right. That's the point.
Thomas> That's the whole point of key signatures, and you Just Don't Get It.
No, Thomas, I do get it. Read the mail you are responding to again please.
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