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Could you explain a bit on the type of attack that BitPatron doesn't resolve?
by snissn 8y ago
Could you explain a bit on the type of attack that BitPatron doesn't resolve?
- jchw 8y agoAppears to be hosted on AWS, based on the certificate (I'm on mobile or else I'd check more in depth.) Based on that, I'd say you put pressure on Amazon to put pressure on Bitpatron. Now Amazon isn't known to succumb to external pressure as far as I know. But depending on desperation and resources there's really a lot you could do. For example you could even go ahead and manufacture a controversy with some fake accounts and use it as evidence that Bitpatron is not doing due diligence. And of course, you could try to find another point of failure, like trying to convince their domain registar that the site is illegal. A lot of domain registars cave easily to pressure (Not all. Gandi is a good counter example.) These aren't really theoretical attack vectors, but they are merely hypothetical for Bitpatron. Still, if you want something resistant to speech control you are gonna need more decentralization imo.
- flatfilefan 8y ago„Now Amazon isn't known to succumb to external pressure as far as I know.” Actually it is known to succumb: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-servers-amazon https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-webs...
- sattoshi 8y agoThere is a difference between being pressured by social activists versus a state capable of doing a lot more than bad PR. They also mildly fell to Russian pressure from the Telegram stuff. In neither case can I blame them. Those are fights which hurt them with very little upside.
- bitpatron-co 8y agoThis is our launching page only, of course we have plans to make it more decentralized and censorship-free resistant. We will release more info soon