**Eugen** @gargron@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2018, 23:40

**Eugen** @gargron@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2018, 23:40

Eugen @gargron@mastodon.social

I'm not sure why people "follow" me on Keybase. Do people post updates on that site? I sure never do

**GO FOLLOW @kurisu@iscute.moe** @rx14@niu.moe · Jan 08, 2018, 23:41

**GO FOLLOW @kurisu@iscute.moe** @rx14@niu.moe · Jan 08, 2018, 23:41

@Gargron it's equivalent to them signing your GPG key, it's just named badly.

**Eugen** @gargron@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2018, 23:43

**Eugen** @gargron@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2018, 23:43

@rx14 Ohhhh.... But wait. My GPG key is offline. Only the public part of it is on Keybase, and I am sure not downloading it from Keybase, so how would the signatures get back to me?

**Nick Doty** @npd · 2018-01-08T23:45:30Z

Nick Doty @npd

@gargron @rx14 it isn't strictly GPG key signing, just a public, signed record that it seems like the user of that key also appears to be the user of the associated social media accounts.

Jan 08, 2018, 23:45 · Tusky · 0 · 0