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Sure, I think the problem with people running i.e. Mastodon on their own machine would be what should happen when people turn off their computer. I guess there
by AsyncAwait 9y ago
Sure, I think the problem with people running i.e. Mastodon on their own machine would be what should happen when people turn off their computer.
I guess there could be some sort of "super node" solution, where a known Mastodon server would just forward you the "what happened while I was asleep" stuff and I guess people could encrypt their messages to you with your advertised public key, so that you don't have to trust the super nodes, but I am not sure about the additional complexity involved in implementing that vs current Mastodon using ActivityPub, nor about the usability challenges involved.
- NoGravitas 9y agoThat's basically how Secure Scuttlebut works; the super nodes are called pubs. It's actually remarkably easy to onboard to SSB with Patchwork. The problems set in when you start considering mobile devices or multi-device support (the latter is currently possible but risky).