Re:An off-grid social network
by rakoo on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:22AM
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If I understand scuttlebut correctly, your stuff is broadcasted to whoever it might concern and the pubs. If you still have your private key, you should still be able to access whatever is in the ether, right ? You somehow become the recipient of your own messages. Only the thief will also have access to your private key, so the account can be considered compromised.
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This is a valid point and I don't trust my computer. I would trust, however, a Ledger Wallet http://ledgerwallet.com/ and theoretically and economically it's feasible to have a Ledger wallet app to sign every SSB message. This would be awesome to have.
so, data breach means all your private data is irrevocably publicized.
What percentage of users do you think would be affected by such cases? If it's something over 0.001%, it's a huge problem for a social network.
Sites like Coinbase and Github exist because they re-centralize distributed systems — users don't trust themselves to host their own data securely.
Alternately, if this isn't a problem, why don't users simply host all their own infrastructure for existing tech problems today ?
I'm sure someone capable of living in the Mojave Desert is capable of hosting their own infrastructure - is this network simply for those people, or is it also for journalists, trans people, and HR professionals?
Re:An off-grid social network
by AljoschaMeyer on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:35AM
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Yep, that's how it works.