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Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19



Quoting Ángel (2020-08-14 22:57:32)
> 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.

> I think you meant to order them the opposite way...

Whoops, yeah.  Thanks!

 - Jonas

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