The post on commit signing by @glyph reminds me of my reluctance to electronically sign private emails. To me, signing documents is a tool society uses against the people doing the signing. It’s a liability I take upon myself in order to get something: a wedding, a house – the other party is binding me to something. Conversely, when I’m not getting something of value I’m not signing anything. I prefer the liberty to repudiate everything. “I didn’t write this.” I’m not promising anything.
https://blog.glyph.im/2024/01/unsigned-commits.html

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@alex @glyph I wonder whether you feel similarly about MACing and decrypting (they are both similar, insofar they allow the other party to tell that it was you who have done something, but don't allow them to convince anyone else, because they themselves could have done the thing too).

@robryk Sadly, I only know about signing paper and electronically signing emails.

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