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judge2020 on Nov 13, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sign arbitrary data with your SSH keys

That only creates a link between SSH keys and a domain; It's even worse than relying on GitHub since you have to trust that multiple account haven't been hacked (registrar + DNS) and that neither the DNS host nor the registrar are acting maliciously.

NewJazz on Nov 13, 2021 | [–]

Psst. Github has all that stuff too. Just more because it is a growing and changing webapp instead of an ancient, solidified key value store.

_hyn3 on Nov 13, 2021 | [–]

I agree. DNS is its own bundle of insecurity.

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