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		zvrba on Feb 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PGP: There’s Life in the Old Dog Yet Is anybody working on making identity-based encryption mainstream?

bradleyjg on Feb 25, 2015 | [–]

IBE requires a trusted third parties to issue private keys to users. That's essentially the lavabit model with slicker math.

onli on Feb 25, 2015 | [–]

Are you thinking of something like https://keybase.io/?

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