[oznathan]

If I were them I would market more the online identity verification aspect and not mention one word about crypto or GPG.

Also, I don't like the choice of a centralized solution for privacy problem. It could have been decentralized.

[edraferi]

Isn't that the point though? Trust is decentralized over multiple accounts that you already control. Keybase just provides an easy way to access that decentralized trust.

[oznathan]

If they hold your key, your privacy can be violated. By them, by someone who buys the company or by a secret government court order.

[icebraining]

Then download the client and store the key yourself.

[oznathan]

I can't store the key myself and I wouldn't want to. I can create it myself but it's stored in a central key server.