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> Question for anyone familiar with Dat: how do I properly secure access to my data? E.g. instead of the Fritter application, what if there was an ecommerce app
by kickscondor 8y ago
> Question for anyone familiar with Dat: how do I properly secure access to my data? E.g. instead of the Fritter application, what if there was an ecommerce application? I put my home address, paypal/credit card etc data in my own archive that the ecommerce site uses.
No, there isn't a pattern for this kind of thing. There is a "session data" proposal[1] that begins work in this direction.
However, there is an implicit attack vector here - if a phishing website were able to punk you into connecting to the address (and key, presumably) of your wallet - well, then they score all the good stuff. Beaker would need to have a keychain-type thing builtin that would store that dat address and private key.
I think Beaker has a great start and they are grabbing a bunch of great low-hanging fruit. This is the first time I've seen compelling "static" applications. And it marks a return of the read-write browser. (Yes you can figure out how to run a TiddlyWiki locally from Firefox, but Dat lets you create a website right from its start page.)
[1] https://www.datprotocol.com/deps/0006-session-data-extension/ https://www.datprotocol.com/deps/0006-session-data-extension...