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Re: keybase.io
From: Sam Stewart <sam () secureshredders com au>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:49:39 +1000
Also thanks to Rikairchy, I got an invite. I opted not to upload my private key, and it's still a pretty useful service without that. Github, twitter & bitcoin address, signed by my priv key offline. The "tracking" feature is probably the easiest implementation of web-of-trust I've seen. On 22 June 2014 06:37, Robert Dannhauer <r.dannhauer () googlemail com> wrote:
Thanks to Rikairchy I was able to take a look. They are saying: "For safety, the Keybase servers never see your passphrase, even during login, and therefore cannot decrypt your private key. " The only question: Can this be trusted? Can we make sure they don't know the passphrase? Even though this looks like a nice service. PS: Thanks Rikairchy :) On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Rikairchy <blakcshadow () gmail com> wrote:I have a few questions regarding this website. For those of you unfamiliar with it, (to my knowledge) a GPG keyserver, website, and client for easy upload. The client supports signing, encrypting, and verifying messages as does the website. There is also an option to "track" users, verifying who they are in a way. In short, public tracking and awareness of identities. There are also ways to verify github account, twitter account, and website ownership on keybase. There is an option to create as well as upload your private key. I'm very new to this type of encryption, having only worked with Truecrypt, SSH, and Bitloccker prior, but I was under the impression that the private key was the last thing you should part with. Why would a website focused on providing security allow users to upload their private keys? As mentioned, there are github, twitter, and website ownership verification options, tied to your GPG public key. This does no more than verifies that someone that has access to @username on twitter and example.net (which are both listed on a user's keybase.io profile) are controlled by the same person, but not the identity of said person, correct? I also have keybase.io invites if this interests anyone. _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/_______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
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- Re: keybase.io Robert Dannhauer (Jun 22)
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