Comment by gruez
14 hours ago
PGP keys don't tell you anything about a developers "real identity". Theoretically theres some "web of trust", but realistically everyone just blindly downloads whatever PGP key is listed on the repo's install instructions.
Bullshit. The public key can be obtained by several easy means, like visiting the publisher website or social network site like GitHub which is common. That verifies the identity just as well as any certificate! But with much less trouble.
How are you still missing the "real identity" part? A bitcoin address might be easily verifiable, but isn't anyone's idea of "real identity".