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Message verification incorrectly reports tracking status

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Description

The `keybase verify` command reports that a signature is valid, but I am not tracking the sender. However, I _am_ tracking the sender, confirmed by the `keybase list-tracking`:

```
$ keybase verify ~/Desktop/msg_from_david.txt
info: Valid signature from keybase user zdavid (not tracking)
info: Signed 20 minutes ago (Mon Jul 20 2015 11:37:19 GMT-0400 (EDT))
✔ public key fingerprint: B088 AA13 A9AF 39A2 1B28 6B0C A336 BE5A D38A DCB9
✔ "zdziman" on twitter: https://twitter.com/zdziman/status/621686542336192512
$ keybase list-tracking
tommyjones
zdavid
```

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