The Web of Trust describes the part of PGP which deals with creation and bookkeeping of certifications. It provides mechanisms to help the user keep track of who a public key belongs to, and share this information with others; To ensure the privacy of encrypted communication, it is essential to know that the public key you encrypt to belongs to the person you think it does.
Podpora pro síť důvěry v OpenKeychain je teprve ve svých začátcích. Tento stav se bude velmi měnit v dalších verzích aplikace.
Trust evaluation is based on the simple assumption that all keys which have secret keys available are trusted. Public keys which contain at least one user id certified by a trusted key will be marked with a green dot in the key listings. It is not (yet) possible to specify trust levels for certificates of other known public keys.
Podpora pro certifikaci klíčů je dostupná a uživatelská ID mohou být certifikována jednotlivě. Ještě není možné určovat úroveň důvěryhodnosti nebo vytvářet lokální a jiné speciální typy certifikátů.