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There has gotta be an encryption enthusiast out there that can explain to me how secure multi-user private communications can occur in a decentralized web. Ass
by cheschire 9y ago
There has gotta be an encryption enthusiast out there that can explain to me how secure multi-user private communications can occur in a decentralized web.
Assuming the crypto was strong enough to guarantee privacy, how does an application automatically allow a user to transparently decrypt topics they’re invited to?
Point to point trust seems relatively easy with asymmetric encryption but point to point to point to point?
- zapita 9y agoYou can restrict access to content with on-disk encryption, and grant or revoke access with public key crypto. There is a lot of new tooling and infrastructure to create, but the crypto building blocks remain the same.
- riskable 9y agoPrivacy is not a feature of Etherium or "smart contracts". It's the opposite, in fact. All transactions are public. The only "private" aspect is your address used to make a transaction but it has the same problem as Bitcoin in that regard: When you turn it back into real money your identity can now be attached to that address.
- cheschire 9y agoIs there a notification feature I can enable on HN to tell me when I get a reply? Anyways, yes I completely agree with you, privacy is not a feature. Decentralization in general suffers from the inability to manage privacy and I think that’s where future applications of the technology are going to struggle to gain traction beyond niche audiences.