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Re:Show HN: Graphite – A decentralized and encrypted Google ... by vsund on Thursday March 01, 2018 @04:35AM (#16490711)
It uses Blockstack for the decentralized foundation it's built on. (Among other things) Blockstack stores your data on storage providers you connected to it (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, etc).

Both, Graphite and Blockstack, are fully open source. So there's nobody who will get in between you and your documents.

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Re:Show HN: Graphite – A decentralized and encrypted Google ... by jakecopp on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:04AM (#16491584)
If it's stored on Google Drive, why not use Google Docs?

If it's stored on Dropbox, why not use any local editor?

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Re:Show HN: Graphite – A decentralized and encrypted Google ... by jhunter1016 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:49AM (#16492404)
Storing an unencrypted file with a single storage provider is neither private nor secure. Blockstack allows users to select multiple storage providers, allowing for data replication and mitigation of any single source of failure. Additionally, encrypting a file client-side before it is stored means that Google or Dropbox or whoever can snoop all they want and not be able to see your data.
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Re:Show HN: Graphite – A decentralized and encrypted Google ... by JustFinishedBSG on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:30AM (#16491741)
Because Crypto
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