Feature #11615

What about keybase.io?

Added by jvoisin 2016-07-31 11:47:57 . Updated 2016-09-10 04:51:27 .

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Rejected
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Low
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Start date:
2016-07-31
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Discuss
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Description

keybase is a website to map keys to identities and vice-versa.
Long story short, you sign a message with your gpg key, put it in a tweet or in a keybase.txt file, or in a super-small bitcoin transaction, and keybase will show all those relationship on its website, but you don’t have to trust it, you can verify those proofs by yourself, since the files are public.

This would help people to verify that the bitcoin address, the website and the twitter account are controlled by Tails. It will also show that the people twitter account, the website and the BTC address are controlled/endorsed by the people behind the gpg key.

The only maintenance needed is to update the messages upon a key rotation/change.

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History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-01 01:01:55

  • Type of work changed from Communicate to Discuss

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-19 11:43:27

  • Estimated time deleted (4 h)

#3 Updated by goupille 2016-08-19 11:45:37

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

confirmed as a discussion ticket

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-28 02:49:14

  • Subject changed from What about keybase.io ? to What about keybase.io?

#5 Updated by sycamoreone 2016-09-07 00:58:30

We discussed the proposal in the September 2016 monthly meeting and decided that right now using keybase.io will probably have little real benefit.

The definitive decision here needs to be taken by key masters, who would have to do the additional work.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-10 04:51:27

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

I’ll trust the meeting’s conclusions about the value that would be brought by using keybase.io.