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Counter argument: https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/08/crypto-misnomers-zero-knowledge-considered-self-descriptive https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/08/crypto-misno
by CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
Counter argument: https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/08/crypto-misnomers-zero-knowledge-considered-self-descriptive https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/08/crypto-misnomers-zero-kno...
Summary: zero-knowledge applies to authentication protocols, not encryption protocols.
- schoen 10y agoI think I'm inclined to agree with that interpretation. I wish we had a clearer term for systems where you don't trust an intermediary with some kind of access. (We often say "end-to-end encrypted", but that's kind of weird for file storage or other data-at-rest situations.)
- CiPHPerCoder 10y ago> I wish we had a clearer term for systems where you don't trust an intermediary with some kind of access. We already have one or more of: - Confidential - End-to-end encrypted (contrasted with, but often in addition to, transport-layer encryption) - Privacy-preserving - Least authority (with respect to the service operator) - Peer-to-peer privacy I'm one degree of separation from several SpiderOak engineers and think highly of them overall. However, this choice of marketing copy is one point we vehemently disagree on.