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Indicator for private key hosting.

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Description

Hi,

would it be possible to have an indicator whether the user hosts his private key on keybase?

There are a few projects, which are now going to partially reject and delete keys of their keyring if they found the key on keybase. (For example the _Debian Project_)

I can understand this and would NEVER host my private key on the internet.

I really cannot understand why you guys allowed and implemented such a thing, but I am drifting away.

Maybe you could show some kind of notice, that a user is NOT hosting their private key on keybase.

Christian (DaGardner)

Example from the Debian mailing list:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/04/msg00006.html

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Research direction

Start by reading issue #589 and its linked Debian mailing-list example, then review the 13-comment thread for any settled direction. Done means an agreed indicator clearly communicates whether a user hosts a private key on Keybase; the issue does not name a file, test, or entry point.

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Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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