[20:20] <adom> marcoceppi: sorry for late response. busy at work yesterday. um yeah i've heard of gpg/pgp keys, they're used for encrypting files mostly, right?
[20:21] <marcoceppi> adom: yes, but how do you know if a PGP key belongs to who it says it does?
[20:21] <marcoceppi> adom: to achieve this, key signing parties are a way to build trust. You meet in real life with form of photo id and your key
[20:22] <marcoceppi> you have others sign your key and you sign others
[20:22] <marcoceppi> signing indicates that you met that person in real life and they are who they say they are
[20:22] <marcoceppi> and so the web of trust grows