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Re: Keybase.io

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Post by jlafon »

This looks pretty cool! I like the story flow.

You might want to include some links that explain what the keys are, what PGP is, etc - because not everyone who lands on your site will know.

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

Styles are broken on Firefox, text is flowing off the right side of the screen. Why do lots of sites seem to have forgotten about testing on Firefox recently?

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Post by theboss »

Where are the security details published? I think that's what we all want to see...

On top of this....I think this is cool in theory but bad in practice.

The assumption that Root CA's are trustworthy is already hard enough to make, how do I know that Maria is actually Maria? How will you verify that ``Maria'' actually owns that twitter, github, gmail. Maybe it is possible to devise some type of scheme for those sites, but how about more obscure services?

One mistake in one single account causes the entire thing to fall apart...

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Post by electic »

This is totally off-topic however I really like the graphic at the bottom of the page. The graphic really sums up the challenges developers have in creating secure communication channels. There are so many threats now a days it seems overwhelming.

Re: Keybase.io

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Post by malgorithms »

Hi everyone, Chris here, I've been working with Max on Keybase. I can't help but feel this ended up scooped a bit early. (Crap!) Not a surprise, because HN is quick.

The alpha site's changing every day, and we're working on the documentation now. I don't use the term "alpha" loosely. There will be extensive security details published, explaining every aspect of the identity proof system, client sessions, etc. They will be on the site before we open general access or turn beta. Right now only a few friends are on there. All that said, Max and I can answer questions here.

My profile on the site is https://keybase.io/chris if anyone wants to look. My profile demonstrates early examples of how identity proofs will work, including both twitter and github. We'll of course be adding other public identities in the future.

The site design is also very iffy at the moment; I was about to move into firefox bugs tomorrow.

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Post by philfreo »

zobzu wrote: post #5

https://sks-keyservers.net/ Advantage: it's distributed

Disadvantage: this site does nothing to make cryptography more accessible / easy to use for the common person.
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