asymmetry of 'adduid' and 'deluid'

[Mika Suomalainen]

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On 24.07.2012 16:58, vedaal at nym.hush.com wrote:
> Recently added a uid and deleted a uid to one of my keys.
> 
> Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to 
> delete a uid, it does not.
> 
> (Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for 
> both, but was curious if there is any underlying reason why gnupg
> does it this way.)

I'm not sure, but this might be because deleting uid isn't permanent
if you sync the key from keyserver.

1. Create UID.
2. Push key to keyserver.
3. Delete UID.
4. Get key from keyserver.
5. The deleted UID appears.

You should use command revuid, if you want to revoke UID.

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