ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agoAnnouncing FOKS, the Federated Open Key Service | The FOKS Blogblog.foks.pubexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkAnnouncing FOKS, the Federated Open Key Service | The FOKS Blogblog.foks.pubikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square6fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarealexcleac@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoMy understanding of Keybase is that it was some kind identity aggregator. You were able to link identities not just by keys, but also by external services, like Twitter (at a time), email and other things.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 days agoAh, so the main difference from gnupg and openpgp servers is that it can use other methods than email to identify the owner of a key. Thank you.
My understanding of Keybase is that it was some kind identity aggregator. You were able to link identities not just by keys, but also by external services, like Twitter (at a time), email and other things.
Ah, so the main difference from gnupg and openpgp servers is that it can use other methods than email to identify the owner of a key. Thank you.