PPA key installation instructions eliminate the point of having a key

Bug #408187 reported by William Grant
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #631868: Adding PPAs pop-up confusing. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

The PPA key installation instructions are currently:

 $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 12345678

Using just the key ID there is useless; that provides almost no security. The full fingerprint needs to be used.

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