This chapter made me think. I haven’t ever had to understand crypto (except in the previous chapters of this book) and so the concept of a party where you exchange keys and then send private messages to people in your circle is intriguing. The concept of “transitive” trust is neat. It is described as “trust that moves across the web of our relationships.” So, because you trust your best friend, you trust the information that he/she passes to you. You also trust it more than say, some stranger on the internet who has posted a number or something.
A key signing party is where everyone gets together and signs everyone else’s keys. Marcus and Jolu set boundaries that those invited could bring a maximum of one person and it must be someone they have known for at least five years.
In this chapter, Jolu backs out. He is scared of things that could happen, says he respects Marcus. Marcus meets Ange in this chapter…which I think was very needed. The book was getting dull for me and I felt like it needed something extra. The technology was getting hard to relate to because it was over my head, though the author does a great job of explaining it even if you don’t understand. Anyway, I think the introduction of Ange at this point was a great turn of events.
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