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Re:Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site with lots... by jamescostian on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:31AM (#13810556)
Re authentication: the site uses HTTPS, and doesn't HTTPS provide authentication that you are connected to the right server, receiving only data from that server (assuming the server and it's contents aren't compromised)? Or are you referring to another type of authentication
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Re:Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site with lots... by Nullabillity on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:35AM (#13810580)
> assuming the server and it's contents aren't compromised

That's the assumption that file authentication would remove. Well, assuming that the server isn't also sending a backdoored client..

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