Keybase options

Posted Jan 4, 2018 17:19 UTC (Thu) by dany (guest, #18902)
In reply to: Keybase options by craniumslows
Parent article: Future directions for PGP

they require users to upload private keys? which features if I may ask?

Keybase options

Posted Jan 4, 2018 23:04 UTC (Thu) by raof (subscriber, #57409) [Link]

You need to upload your private key (or, equivalently, use a keypair generated by them) if you want to be able to decrypt or sign stuff on the website. If Keybase doesn't host your private key, those pages will tell you to use the keybase command line tool or gpg, which will use your local key.

Keybase options

Posted Jan 6, 2018 15:35 UTC (Sat) by craniumslows (guest, #114021) [Link]

Apologies for the slow response. The service has you sign or encrypt the actions that you take against your profile. Things like adding a friend which I think they call following or verifying a web identity are ones that I can think of off the top of my head. You don’t have to upload a private key, but they do allow it. That’s where my concern comes in.

That said the site is superbly simple to use and with the desktop apps your key stays local and under your control. I really like it and it makes sharing your key and all your other online identities a lot easier.