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How do you prove that the user did not modify the page before computing the hash? Do you have documentation of how this is done?
by Znafon 7y ago
How do you prove that the user did not modify the page before computing the hash?
Do you have documentation of how this is done?
- gill3s 7y agothis tool does not guarantee that you've not modified the export before you stamp it. The main protection is the timestamp and the fact that the hash is calculated by the extension itself. This proof just guarantee that this particular file existed at this date. I personnally believe that even if it's not a siver bullet, the certain date is the main protection it provides. If you want to make some fraud with a bitcoin timestamp, you need a proper timing and preparation. In conclusion it just makes things harder
- lilyball 7y agoBeing able to prove that a certain webpage exists locally at a given date is rather useless. The only utility there is if the page contains confidential information and you want to prove that you had that information at that time, but you could do that just as easily without saving a whole web page in the process.
- bscphil 7y agoYeah, ironically the whole point of SingleFile for me is that I can locally edit webpages to strip out ads and other crap so I can send them to friends or family who might not have ad blockers.
- rmtech 7y agoThere are some, many even, instances where the kind of fraudulent modifications you might want to do could not realistically be done at the time the page is saved, but could be done at a later date. So for that, it's useful.
- Znafon 7y agoCould you describe such scenario? I fail to find one where this would be useful.