key-signing for pseudonyms

Thomas Sjögren thomas at northernsecurity.net
Sat May 15 15:20:44 CEST 2004


On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:49:59AM -0500, Kyle Hasselbacher wrote:
> Pseudonym != anonymity.  Say I use a pseudonym online for some time, and I
> gain a (good) reputation with that name.  I decide to "come out" and
> associate myself with the pseudonym I use.

Sure, but if you're "coming out" why not create an additional uid with
your real name? Then this new uid could be used as an identifier instead
of you pseduonym.

/Thomas
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