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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:39PM (#29754158)
This isn't a marketing message/post.

This is a Hacker project to explore improved ways of doing things with the new primitives of our collective technology base. In this case, owning your own identity with a decentralized identity system.

I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no?

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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by andrewstuart on Friday December 31, 2021 @09:50PM (#29754993)
>> I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no?

No, Hacker News "Show HN" posts are often launch/marketing posts - totally accepted here.

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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by Handytinge on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:30PM (#29754512)
100%. I'm sure GP had good intentions here, but productisation of any project is a big part of what's wrong with tech today.
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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:38PM (#29754565)
I agree that the intentions were pure. That said, this isn't a product, but instead, a project with a specific goal of improving internet security by showcasing concepts to the HN community. The discussion within the thread, I think, is indication that it is helping to inch closer to that goal as more users on HN are made aware of the beneficial tools cryptography with Handshake provides.
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