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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by XorNot on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @07:06AM (#35885821)
Doesn't it make it easier? A list of hashes which should be blacklisted means servers obeying rulings are never at risk of returning that data (this would also work offensively: poll for forbidden hashes and see who responds).
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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by goodpoint on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:26AM (#35886348)
...and now you have to track which instance is authorize to block which hash, creating a lot of extra complexity. Plus, we need to trust all instances to really delete stuff.

It makes life really easy for spammers.

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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by XorNot on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @01:40PM (#35890692)
What are you talking about? The instances are decentralized so they can block whatever they want, that's the point.
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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by goodpoint on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:01PM (#35904976)
I explained the point twice.
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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by dang on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:37PM (#35909844)
Please edit out swipes from your HN comments, as the guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Your comment would be fine without that first bit.

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