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What does it mean to leave normal people behind? Surely you need to interact with them. For example, you can run your own mail server, but you will need to pla
by spenczar5 5y ago
What does it mean to leave normal people behind? Surely you need to interact with them.
For example, you can run your own mail server, but you will need to play by Google’s rules if you want anyone on Gmail to get your emails.
So, it’s hard for me to picture what it means to personally decentralize without caring what the bulk of people do.
- CameronNemo 5y agoEmail is inherently centralized due to DNS being centralized. Furthermore there is no rule that says I have to federate with any particular entity. They will take the loss.
- spenczar5 5y agoHm, I think my point might not have been clear enough. I would find it hard to function without interacting with central system, like sending an email to someone on gmail. Just today, I emailed a plumber on gmail, but it could easily have been an old friend or a relative or whatever. How do you email the plumber, is my question?
- CameronNemo 5y ago
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoEmail doesn't require DNS. Modern spam solutions for DNS do. You can most definitely use something like `spiped` to create a mutually authenticated, secure channel over IP, and just send mail over that. Or build a VPN overlay network and send mail to raw IPs. If you're going to cloister yourself with your fellow monks^W nerds then this is simple.
- CameronNemo 5y agoThanks for the info. Yeah a monastery would be nice. Definitely goals.