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Can someone explain where the hell the content is stored? I'm tired of chasing vapid text that explains nothing. Why can't you take 10 min before blasting the P

Can someone explain where the hell the content is stored? I'm tired of chasing vapid text that explains nothing. Why can't you take 10 min before blasting the PR to setup something that explains anything at all? I mean, seriously: https://webmaker.org/ https://webmaker.org/ The "Privacy" link is generic and also doesn't explain anything. How in hell do you think you can launch a social service without answering any of these questions in this day and age? Have you learned nothing from the Hello rollout?

jfoster 11y ago
I don't know for certain, but it feels as though the only possibility is that Mozilla is hosting the content. It's obviously not being stored on the phone, since it's meant for other people to be able to access. It seems unlikely that it wouldn't be mentioned if it were using any non-Mozilla hosting.
hardwaresofton 11y ago
Maybe this could be helpful: https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-android https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-android [EDIT] - Had the wrong link up before, was to the repo for the website
zeveb 11y ago
It's probably stored in plaintext, unsecured with the user's Mozilla account (whose password is also used to unsecure his stored passwords and browser history, which means that if he hands his information to his buddy or secretary to enable him to update a page, he'll also be handing that buddy or secretary his entire online identity). But maybe I'm wrong, and it's stored in an encrypted hash-addressed data store, where shared links include the necessary keys. There are levels of security; it's fine for Webmaker not to be suitable for, e.g., human-rights activists in Burma. But it should not be possible for one data breach to reveal everyone's activity everywhere.
gobengo 11y ago
They're stored in a heroku app: https://webmaker-api.herokuapp.com/users/717/projects/628/ https://webmaker-api.herokuapp.com/users/717/projects/628/ Which is open source https://github.com/mozilla/api.webmaker.org https://github.com/mozilla/api.webmaker.org

jfoster 11y ago

I don't know for certain, but it feels as though the only possibility is that Mozilla is hosting the content. It's obviously not being stored on the phone, since it's meant for other people to be able to access. It seems unlikely that it wouldn't be mentioned if it were using any non-Mozilla hosting.

hardwaresofton 11y ago

Maybe this could be helpful: https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-android https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-android [EDIT] - Had the wrong link up before, was to the repo for the website

zeveb 11y ago

It's probably stored in plaintext, unsecured with the user's Mozilla account (whose password is also used to unsecure his stored passwords and browser history, which means that if he hands his information to his buddy or secretary to enable him to update a page, he'll also be handing that buddy or secretary his entire online identity). But maybe I'm wrong, and it's stored in an encrypted hash-addressed data store, where shared links include the necessary keys. There are levels of security; it's fine for Webmaker not to be suitable for, e.g., human-rights activists in Burma. But it should not be possible for one data breach to reveal everyone's activity everywhere.

gobengo 11y ago

They're stored in a heroku app: https://webmaker-api.herokuapp.com/users/717/projects/628/ https://webmaker-api.herokuapp.com/users/717/projects/628/ Which is open source https://github.com/mozilla/api.webmaker.org https://github.com/mozilla/api.webmaker.org