# Pgp

`kaal:entity:pgp`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `pgp`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2018 to 2021.

**2018**

- [3266953-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-031) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The Web of Trust is only trustworthy where the service is not valuable, such as essentially free PGP email, because only then is it not worth creating sockpuppet accounts.
  > So the only time WoT works is when the service is not valuable, such as PGP (email which is essentially free). Then it's not worth it to create sock puppet accounts, so in that case you can trust the WoT network.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953

**2021**

- [3782210-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782210-011) [design/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The Web of Trust works acceptably for low-value information transmission but should not be used for transactions involving larger wealth in the general economy, which is part of why the scheme it originated in is called pretty good privacy rather than good privacy.
  > It works well for low-value infor- mation transmission, but it should not be used for transactions involving larger wealth in the general economy.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210

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