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Re: Keybase.io

#61
How can a web service encrypt your plaintext unless they have your private key?

Edit: ah you up an encrypted private key. I guess it gets decrypted live in your browser, without touching their network, if you trust keybase.io's JS. Whether you do indeed trust keybase IO's JS (it's OSS, yaay, is your browser running exactly what's on GitHub though?) is another matter.

Re: Keybase.io

#62

Love the service. I've invited few friends (from the IT industry) and nobody ever joined. I guess there aren't so much paranoid/gpg-aware people. So I have 10 invites to give. Let me know.

I also have some invites. Let me know if you want one!

I would like one please!

Re: Keybase.io

#64

Love the service. I've invited few friends (from the IT industry) and nobody ever joined. I guess there aren't so much paranoid/gpg-aware people. So I have 10 invites to give. Let me know.

This comment demonstrates everything that is disappointing about GPG. Went to a Defcon London meetup recently and there was only about 10 people in the room who actively used it (out of over 100)

Re: Keybase.io

#66
post #61

How can a web service encrypt your plaintext unless they have your private key? Edit: ah you up an encrypted private key. I guess it gets decrypted live in your browser, without touching their network, if you trust keybase.io's JS. Whether you do indeed trust keybase IO's JS (it's OSS, yaay, is your browser running exactly what's on GitHub though?) is another matter.

You don't have to give them your private key -- it's just for convenience, if you happen to trust Keybase.

You don't have to run it in the browser, either; you can just install the command-line tool via NPM and know exactly what code you're running.

Re: Keybase.io

#70

Love the service. I've invited few friends (from the IT industry) and nobody ever joined. I guess there aren't so much paranoid/gpg-aware people. So I have 10 invites to give. Let me know.

I'd love an invite, if you've still got them.

Could you share an email or a way to find it?
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