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You can generate a new public key at any time.
by chrischattin 5y ago
You can generate a new public key at any time.
- shadowgovt 5y agoWouldn't doing so detach past activity I do want aggregated? How is a site I'm interacting with supposed to know it can use my previously-configured settings if I'm showing up with a new public key every time I authenticate?
- jdavis703 5y agoI read this as essentially a single origin supercookie. So each origin (web site) has a unique public key for you, but it’s immutable.
- k__ 5y agoSo, you want privacy but without privacy?
- shadowgovt 5y agoYes. I get that in the current ecosystem via doing business with sites I trust, and ceasing to do so when I cease to trust them. It's not impregnable (sites get hacked, companies get sold), but it's preferable to an alternative where I must either stay one-time-padded continuously or have my activity recorded in a global public ledger.
- sanderjd 5y agoYou could use a public blockchain key to log in to a site you trust which stores all of its data somewhere private and have this same functionality. It is only transactions you write to a public blockchain that are public. The act of authenticating using a key stored there does not write anything down.
- 8note 5y agoPrivacy as in having control over who gets what information, and being able to change who and what over time
- chrischattin 5y agoIf you want activity aggregated, use the same address. Not sure what the complaint is.