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Given the features and cost, what are the likely class of suitable applications for Precursor? It looks like the guts of a typical (consumer) router e.g., or a
by 0xquad 6y ago
Given the features and cost, what are the likely class of suitable applications for Precursor? It looks like the guts of a typical (consumer) router e.g., or a set-top device, but maybe not a commodity IOT thing (overkill and cost) and certainly not an iPad (performance, for one).
- bunnie 6y agoPrecursor is focused on applications that prioritize evidence-based trust over everything else. Thus it's envisioned that it could be useful for applications such as password managers, authentication token generation, secure comms and crypto wallets; but given its high price point it only makes sense for individuals at-risk to use it. Thus it's overkill for your average user, but if you're a comptroller with million-dollar signature authority on corporate bank accounts or a journalist operating in hostile situations it could be worth the cost.
- aventuri 6y agoi suppose "a journalist operating in hostile situations" should be better served by some kind of "steganographic solution", then a pretty shiny Precursor otherwise, i wouldn't bet he'll come back with all the nails he had in the beginning (maybe if it's disguised as some kind of "stupid" appliance"..)