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The biggest problem I have with centralized servers in the first place is that I don't trust my data with them. If it was decentralized and open source, that's
by iam 15y ago
The biggest problem I have with centralized servers in the first place is that I don't trust my data with them. If it was decentralized and open source, that's an app I could see myself using.
Closed source = no good for privacy.
- nroach 15y agoI think that AeroFS only uses central servers to identify the IP addresses of participating hosts and negotiate a connection. AFAIK, the actual data flows directly peer to peer. So, even a malicious employee or government snoop would only know the IP of swarm participants. Presumably you'd still need to intercept and crack any encryption between nodes.
- iam 15y agoThat's not the problem, the app being closed source and being able to do whatever it wants with my data is the problem.
- rmc 15y agoIf the software is open source, it makes it much harder for a malicious company/employee to install a back door into the software. It's not just the servers I have to trust, but the software. AeroFS gets rid of the servers, butt still need to trust the software.