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Why not just use normal build signing of posts? All posts signed by the same private key have the same author even if published on different modes etc. There
by willvarfar 9y ago
Why not just use normal build signing of posts? All posts signed by the same private key have the same author even if published on different modes etc. There is finesse for supporting subkeys and revocation and all the rest, but talking with a security consultant will sort out those kind of details.
- rakoo 9y agoYou could turn the whole thing on its head, have users sign their messages and broadcast them to anyone; a direct message would be encrypted to the expected recipients. Now you don't care about the particularities of an instance or opening an account, becaus all the work is happening on your machine. There is no migration, only transferring your database from a computer to another. This is basically what secure scuttlebutt is doing: https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/