"Tipping-off" revisited
David Hansen
davidh at spidacom.co.uk
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:46:07 -0000
On 8 Mar 01, at 18:58, Charles Lindsey wrote:
> So if I obtain your key by hacking your computer, and your passphrase
> by peering over your shoulder, and then go around the net
> impersonating you to your great detriment, you will STILL not revoke
> the key?
No. I will revoke my key and say why I have done it.
Brian has come up with a better form of words, which I will be
incorporating in my signatures shortly.
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David Hansen | davidh@spidacom.co.uk | PGP email preferred
Edinburgh | CI$ number 100024,3247 | key number F566DA0E
If I revoke this key, the only circumstance in which I will not be
prepared to explain my reasons for doing so will be when UK
government authorities have stipulated that providing such an
explantaion would be unlawful