[Freedombox-discuss] Would you sign a key with a pseudonymous keyholder name?

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-07-21 at 10:05am, simo wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 10:36 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > On 12-07-20 at 04:42pm, bertagaz at ptitcanardnoir.org wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:25:05AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > > > On 12-07-19 at 02:09pm, Fifty Four wrote:
> > > > > So, under what conditions would you give a Level 3 signing to 
> > > > > a pseudonymous name on a key? I assume a Level 3 signing means 
> > > > > Full validity?
> > > > 
> > > > Policies for keysigning is bound to the communities that use 
> > > > them.  For Debian the purpose of keysigning is to ensure linkage 
> > > > between digital identity with a physical and legal identity: a 
> > > > passport is a strong identifier there and pseudonyms are pretty 
> > > > much by definition going against the very purpose of the aim for 
> > > > keysigning there.
> > > 
> > > Well, it's not that easy to assert that passports are strong 
> > > identifiers.

Debian treats passports as strong identifiers.  That's a fact.


> > > It's a misconception that has been spread by the usual keysigning 
> > > party policy, but that isn't that meaningful IMO.

Fine.  Tell that to Debian, not (only) me.


> Jonas, any identification method is only as strong as the members of 
> the community are able to recognize a legit one from a false one. Most 
> people do not know how to recognize a true passport from a false 
> passport, in the Debian community like in any other, except, perhaps, 
> law enforcement.

I agree.  That doesn't change the fact that Debian treats passports as 
strong identifiers.

Tell it to Debian, not (only) me.


 - Jonas

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