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its funny to think that if in the future once everything have been decentralized where all your data, your purchase history, medical records are spread out over

its funny to think that if in the future once everything have been decentralized where all your data, your purchase history, medical records are spread out over the internet, it is inevitable that centralization and privacy will all be the rage and people would pay premium for it.

whatshisface 9y ago
If medical records were spread out, they would be spread out in encrypted form. Nobody would be able to read them except for the right people, which would actually be a step up from today's poor situation.
- sametmax 9y ago
  Keep that comment in mind. In 10 years, when the inevitable big breach occurs releasing millions of medical records, i hope you will be strong enough to go back to it and and think hard about your next moves.
  - weberc2 9y ago
    I'm not sure I follow. How does a data breach relate to his comment? In fact, it might be quite a lot better if the security mindset was "literally anyone could have access to the raw bits". Strong encryption might not be so often regarded as gravy.
  - whatshisface 9y ago
    I understand your point now. You're talking about spreading medical records between hundreds of third parties with terrible security practices, and I'm talking about an ideal decentralized system with lots of clever cryptography a la the blockchain.
- jaequery 9y ago
  perhaps you must be thinking of using blockchain just to store the hash of the files so you can check against it using private key, in that case as a one way hash it “maybe” be fine. but then again that wont be a fully decentralized system. i was thinking of a full on decentralized future where every file and data (encrypted / hashed address) are sitting exposed on the blockchain ala ipfs, etc. where only thing preventing it being decrypted is just a key. not sure how far we are away from quantum computing but it might make what is considered standard encryption process obsolete. it wasnt even that long ago where cracking md5, sha1 became a piece of cake.

whatshisface 9y ago

If medical records were spread out, they would be spread out in encrypted form. Nobody would be able to read them except for the right people, which would actually be a step up from today's poor situation.

sametmax 9y ago
Keep that comment in mind. In 10 years, when the inevitable big breach occurs releasing millions of medical records, i hope you will be strong enough to go back to it and and think hard about your next moves.
- weberc2 9y ago
  I'm not sure I follow. How does a data breach relate to his comment? In fact, it might be quite a lot better if the security mindset was "literally anyone could have access to the raw bits". Strong encryption might not be so often regarded as gravy.
- whatshisface 9y ago
  I understand your point now. You're talking about spreading medical records between hundreds of third parties with terrible security practices, and I'm talking about an ideal decentralized system with lots of clever cryptography a la the blockchain.
jaequery 9y ago
perhaps you must be thinking of using blockchain just to store the hash of the files so you can check against it using private key, in that case as a one way hash it “maybe” be fine. but then again that wont be a fully decentralized system. i was thinking of a full on decentralized future where every file and data (encrypted / hashed address) are sitting exposed on the blockchain ala ipfs, etc. where only thing preventing it being decrypted is just a key. not sure how far we are away from quantum computing but it might make what is considered standard encryption process obsolete. it wasnt even that long ago where cracking md5, sha1 became a piece of cake.