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Re: "The OpenPGP mail and news header" extenssion




Konrad Rosenbaum wrote:
On Sunday 14 August 2005 15:43, Ben Laurie wrote:

Signing messages weakens plausible deniability. It may imply some
standing that is not necessarily intended. These things can harm the
sender.


On the other hand: not signing weakens the receivers trust into the sender. Just as an example: I can't be sure that your advise to not use signatures comes from a knowledgable OpenPGP expert, it could as well come from a spammer lobbying against the use of crypto because it harms his business model.

True enough, but the argument should stand no matter who I am.


If you want to protect against spam using signatures there are other ways to do it that don't involve signing the content.

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