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And do they host only the encrypted version of that data? Encrypted to the people you share it with? Not decryptable by Everyme? That would be something really

by biafra 14y ago

And do they host only the encrypted version of that data? Encrypted to the people you share it with? Not decryptable by Everyme? That would be something really new and useful. Almost revolutionary!

vnorby 14y ago
That's an interesting idea. I am not sure if it's possible to do that and keep the same level of performance, features, and usability that we offer. If it was, I would certainly be open to it.
- _exec 14y ago
  Quick note: why not integrate with the major mail providers to get my address book from there instead of making me enter them one by one? You had me on board until that screen showed up..
  - vnorby 14y ago
    We are working on that for web (which is in beta), I'm assuming that's what you are mentioning. Our backend is ready to do Google Contacts and Yahoo, but haven't had time to wire up the front-end. If you download our app for Android or iPhone, you can use the address book there and create Magic Circles.
- subhro 14y ago
  That is a difficult question to answer without knowing the complete architecture. However there are cryptographic accelerators which would be of help.
xfax 14y ago
We tried this with https://twodeg.net https://twodeg.net. TwoDeg (for Two Degrees) is a proof-of-concept (just for fun, not profit) social network that allows you to create ad-hoc channels (akin to circles) to communicate and share within smaller groups. We took the private-by-default approach as well. Moreover, we make the reach/extent of every post clear to the user by listing the people who can see it. We used a combination of symmetric key and public/private key encryption in JavaScript to encrypt the information in the browser (I know the whole argument about how insecure that is - this is just proof-of-concept). Only you or your friends (or the people you share a post with) have the keys to decrypt the information. We, as the service provider, just move around encrypted data. We don't have data export functionality, but that is something we could easily add.

by biafra 14y ago

And do they host only the encrypted version of that data? Encrypted to the people you share it with? Not decryptable by Everyme? That would be something really new and useful. Almost revolutionary!

vnorby 14y ago

That's an interesting idea. I am not sure if it's possible to do that and keep the same level of performance, features, and usability that we offer. If it was, I would certainly be open to it.

_exec 14y ago
Quick note: why not integrate with the major mail providers to get my address book from there instead of making me enter them one by one? You had me on board until that screen showed up..
- vnorby 14y ago
  We are working on that for web (which is in beta), I'm assuming that's what you are mentioning. Our backend is ready to do Google Contacts and Yahoo, but haven't had time to wire up the front-end. If you download our app for Android or iPhone, you can use the address book there and create Magic Circles.
subhro 14y ago
That is a difficult question to answer without knowing the complete architecture. However there are cryptographic accelerators which would be of help.

xfax 14y ago

We tried this with https://twodeg.net https://twodeg.net. TwoDeg (for Two Degrees) is a proof-of-concept (just for fun, not profit) social network that allows you to create ad-hoc channels (akin to circles) to communicate and share within smaller groups. We took the private-by-default approach as well. Moreover, we make the reach/extent of every post clear to the user by listing the people who can see it. We used a combination of symmetric key and public/private key encryption in JavaScript to encrypt the information in the browser (I know the whole argument about how insecure that is - this is just proof-of-concept). Only you or your friends (or the people you share a post with) have the keys to decrypt the information. We, as the service provider, just move around encrypted data. We don't have data export functionality, but that is something we could easily add.