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All I can see is a dystopia where it's illegal to try and connect to one of these networks with a device that doesn't have a government-signed bootloader and il
by wyldfire 4y ago
All I can see is a dystopia where it's illegal to try and connect to one of these networks with a device that doesn't have a government-signed bootloader and illegal to portray yourself on these networks as anyone other than your real legal identity. Yay Sybil attacks are harder but general purpose computing [1] is well and truly dead.
[1] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
- Aunche 4y agoI don't see why it would be problematic to require the real identities of those who want to act as authorities of information. That's how it has always worked. Ideas are trustworthy because people who they are endorsed by people who you deem as trustworthy.
- thrown_22 4y agoSame reason why we still don't know who deep throat is.
- themitigating 4y agoDeep throat is Mark Felt. "On May 31, 2005, Vanity Fair reported that Felt, then aged 91, claimed to be the man once known as "Deep Throat".[23] Later that day, Woodward, Bernstein, and Bradlee released a statement through The Washington Post confirming that the story was true"
- thrown_22 4y agoSo why did he wait 40 years then?
- themitigating 4y agoI don't know, I was just relaying information. Why does it matter?
- Aunche 4y agoDeep Throat wasn't anonymous to Woodward though, and the general public trusted Woodward.
- least 4y agoThat isn't how it works, actually. Anonymity is in fact quite often an essential component to relaying the truth.
- comboy 4y agoAll you need is to have secure communication channels between people. Yes, one could argue it is already not really possible if your adivesary is the gov, but it seems to be much broader problem than the topic at hand.