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Public keys and web of trust as a solution to content validity seems to be a strangely common misconception of what "authentication" actually means. All you wo
by Nasrudith 2y ago
Public keys and web of trust as a solution to content validity seems to be a strangely common misconception of what "authentication" actually means.
All you would get at very most is "this was vouched for by a human", not an actual guarantee of humanity.
Once the WoT grows past a certain point it will be of dubious value. Furthermore, people would happily "sell their souls" into signing off on any ole bullshit for money. Let alone doing it for free if they think their violence towards the truth would be ideologically aligned. Any attempts at curing it frankly may be undesirable due to being worse than the disease.
- CRConrad 2y ago> Once the Wheel of Time grows past a certain point... Oh, wait, you weren't talking about Robert Jordan's fantasy series. My bad. Yet another proof I'm old, yet another acronym to re-learn to keep up with the times... Sigh.
- catoc 2y agoYeah, remember when crypto used to mean cryptography…
- Terr_ 2y agoA side-rant on another naming thing: People are already promoting traditional distributed databases as "private blockchains", which is a bit like announcing "Radium Toothpaste now without Isotopes." They didn't solve the difficult trade-offs of New Thing, they're just relaxing their requirements so that they don't have to use it at all (reasonable) and don't want to admit it (annoying.)
- Terr_ 2y agoThe Eye of The World was published in 1990, and PGP 2.0 was released in 1992, so they're not really that different in age. :p
- CRConrad 2y ago> they're not really that different in age Yes they are. Both of them. From me. :p