[tor-relays] "Potentially dangerous relay groups"

[Roman Mamedov]

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:41:16 +0200
Ralph Seichter <tor-relays-ml at horus-it.de> wrote:

> Key fingerprints are technically much closer to being IDs than nicknames,
> which are nothing but short strings that can - and do - change at a whim.

We're talking MyFamily, so it's you who is in control of all the nicknames,
and it's only by your whim they may or may not change.

Still did not see any concrete practical arguments to why fingerprints are
worth the additional hassle, especially when what we see in reality is
nicknames working there perfectly well and causing zero issues whatsoever for
years.

-- 
With respect,
Roman
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