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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by no_identd on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:51AM (#19299537)
The Hypercult of Transparency[nice choice of words!] exists because people keep falling for the Transparency=Accountability meme. And until the rather recent advent of homeomorphic encryption, that meme did have some rather humongous amounts of truth to it. However, given the existence of homeomorphic encryption, this no longer rings true.

Speaking of homeomorphic encryption and Facebook:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19288633

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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by bogomipz on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:27AM (#19301951)
Whats the connection between discussions about "the cult of transparency" and homeomorphic encryption?
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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by Natanael_L on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:16AM (#19302327)
Presumably that accountability could be achieved despite secrecy, through code. Also see Zero-knowledge proofs
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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by no_identd on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:26AM (#19316977)
Yepp.
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