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upofadownyesterday at 12:12 PM0 repliesview on HN

Do you mean keyservers? Keyservers have nothing to do with the identity verification required to prevent MITM attacks. There is only one method available for PGP. Comparison of key fingerprints/IDs.

Keyservers are simply a convenient way to get a public key (identity). Most people don't have to use them.