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> I'm writing this as a reply to you and it's not my intention to disrespect you or sound knowledgeable. Totally understand, no offence taken. > As a cybersec
by gitgud 5y ago
> I'm writing this as a reply to you and it's not my intention to disrespect you or sound knowledgeable.
Totally understand, no offence taken.
> As a cybersecurity nerd, I have to say it. Your and my projects aren't exactly privacy friendly.
I see you're looking at my claim that there's "no tracking" in the YComments project. Well, there's actually no way to make it more private, and having a proxy server is just another risk of malicious code creeping in.
You can verify that my code doesn't do anything nefarious without trusting me, and you can verify that the algolia API doesn't do anything nefarious from their reputation.
Conversely, if I were to create a privacy focused back-end API (proxy or whatever), you would need to trust that my server is not serving malicious code or tracking requests. It's much more risky to trust individuals with no reputation (like me or you), rather than a large company that has built a reputation with a large community.
Like you said "Our relationship with the Internet is based on mutual trust".
> It's possible, so it's not paranoia
Well, I don't follow this logic, a lot of things are "possible", that doesn't mean they're practical or sensible. It's possible that nuclear war will break out at any moment, but I'm not going to live in a bunker my whole life.
Anyway, not intended to disrespect you, these are a just stream of my thoughts just like yours. Take care.