Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19
On 2020-08-14 at 20:27 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Seems we are talking about several things here:
>
> a) trusting an identity _without_ relying on governmental proof
>
> b) proving an identity using fake governmental proof
>
> It is my understanding that a) is illegal and punishable in many
> legal
> jurisdictions.
>
> It is my understanding that b) is currently tolerated in Debian but
> only
> exceptionally, and we are currently discussing if we should tolerate
> it
> more generally.
>
> I do believe that a) matters for Debian in discussing b), because the
> risk of punishment is an expense, and the more expensive it is to
> twist
> and bend rules the more likely those rules are followed and can
> therefore be trusted.
>
>
> - Jonas
I think you meant to order them the opposite way...
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