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Nice! I worked on something that seems similar to this (https://redact.ws https://redact.ws). Unfortunately there are a lot of challenges with adoption that see
by cracked-behem 3y ago
Nice! I worked on something that seems similar to this (https://redact.ws https://redact.ws). Unfortunately there are a lot of challenges with adoption that seem difficult to overcome. One of the big challenges is that most people do not understand the nuances of privacy and encryption, and they aren't willing to jump through hoops to protect their data.
- pcthrowaway 3y agoThis is fascinating, I was thinking about doing something in a similar space. Does past tense "worked" mean you're not still working on it?
- cracked-behem 3y agoNot actively. It's open source so feel free to poke around our code and docs, and you can find a contact form on the site as well if you want to chat.
- EGreg 3y agoI like the intent of this! My main question is, how do we know redact.ws won't suddenly serve different Javascript one day, to certain clients, which send unencrypted payloads somewhere?
- cracked-behem 3y agoThe redact server is an open source application that runs locally on the client.
- EGreg 3y agoHow does a server run on the client? It runs on localhost! Right? It can show the user their own info back to them in iframes?
- pcthrowaway 3y agoI'm not the creator of redact, but it sounds like you're under the impression that the iframe src is redact.ws in which case I'd understand your concern. My assumption is that the iframe src would be the local redact server, which would keep things as secure as the package the user installed (though there could be compromises at the network level I suppose)
- cracked-behem 3y agoExactly. This section on the website should explain it with some more detail: https://redact.ws/how-it-works#client https://redact.ws/how-it-works#client