[20:20] 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] adom: yes, but how do you know if a PGP key belongs to who it says it does? [20:21] 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] you have others sign your key and you sign others [20:22] signing indicates that you met that person in real life and they are who they say they are [20:22] and so the web of trust grows