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Decentralization is mostly about power distribution, it doesn't imply privacy. There are a couple of decentralized projects that are worse for privacy (for the
by kpcyrd 9y ago
Decentralization is mostly about power distribution, it doesn't imply privacy. There are a couple of decentralized projects that are worse for privacy (for the sake of decentralization) and ended up being used for OSINT.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoI don't imply it's about privacy. I talk entirely about power distribution in this article.
- redthrow 9y agoDo people who run the centralised, private Signal app have more power over the user than people who run decentralised, non-private Mastodon instances? Or do Mastodon people say it's strictly for broadcasting and encourage people to use proper end-to-end encrypted messaging apps for private communication?
- tortasaur 9y agoThe latter.
- 0xsfv 9y agoDecentralization, only by itself, does not imply privacy, agreed. However, it is a step towards it, in the sense of trust distribution.