Silke Meyer on Trust Building at Key Signing Parties

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Podcast at http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/03//425575.mp3


Description

"Silke Meyer, "Peer reproduction"?, Key signing parties between trust, subtle othering and control

Key signing parties are a ritual belonging to encrypted electronic communication. Talking about the participants' otherness is an integral part of those parties where the degree of belonging to the free software community is assessed by way of criteria that are deeply embedded in mainstream society." (http://www.oekonux-conference.org/program/events/26.en.html)