Oh, you mean you had thought of a limit on what kind of data could be signed? But the PGP signing is just technology, while the content is free form and can be anything. Think of it as a notarized paper. You can probably get all kinds of papers notarized if you are willing to pay for it. PGP is more secure, less effort and less widely accepted. But basically Quirrel just puts out his comment, and signs it in a way that allows for later proof that he made it.
It is really no big effort, just some software.
No, I understood that. It makes sense, if we honestly were to A) highly value Quirrel points, and B) need to be able to tell reliably whether a given person had a given Quirrel point. I thought it was kind of cool when he first did it, then I thought about doing it myself, then realized that attaching a giant notarized seal to an internet comment that nobody was ever going to double check was pretty silly. Then I assumed that was the point.
Oh, you mean you had thought of a limit on what kind of data could be signed? But the PGP signing is just technology, while the content is free form and can be anything. Think of it as a notarized paper. You can probably get all kinds of papers notarized if you are willing to pay for it. PGP is more secure, less effort and less widely accepted. But basically Quirrel just puts out his comment, and signs it in a way that allows for later proof that he made it. It is really no big effort, just some software.
Thank you for responding.
No, I understood that. It makes sense, if we honestly were to A) highly value Quirrel points, and B) need to be able to tell reliably whether a given person had a given Quirrel point. I thought it was kind of cool when he first did it, then I thought about doing it myself, then realized that attaching a giant notarized seal to an internet comment that nobody was ever going to double check was pretty silly. Then I assumed that was the point.