Have him show you his logged-in sn account

but then he could have just stolen ek's phone...

This is what crypto fingerprints are for.

👀 but how can I verify that unmasked ek is the @ek

Natalia

Well, I do introduce myself to people as ek without a mask on conferences or in @PlebLab so not showing my face online is just a way to limit exposure.

So it's not like it's impossible to know me IRL :)

bitdevs

Fiatjaf, Nyms and developers anons by Rockstar Dev

Rsync25

I for one don't care at all who you are. And I mean that in a privacy-preserving way! I would love you know you IRL, but 100% respect your desire for privacy.