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As far as I can tell, the app proves nothing, except that the data comes from you. At the end of the day, you're taking a bunch of data and signing it with a PG
by dTal 10y ago
As far as I can tell, the app proves nothing, except that the data comes from you. At the end of the day, you're taking a bunch of data and signing it with a PGP key you made up. That data can be anything - it doesn't prove that you were actually there, or that it's a real photo.
God know why the article was flagged, though.
- grzm 10y agoGod know why the article was flagged, though. Submissions are flagged by members; if the submission accrues enough flags, the '[flagged]' tag appears. Enough HN members thought the piece was inappropriate for HN. Off the top of my head, members may be feeling "fake news" meme exhaustion, or have come to the same conclusion you did, "the app proves nothing", and thought it wasn't worth discussing.