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I reason there is a middle ground. The aim is to, at the very least, get hackers to start thinking about privacy and about building systems that are beneficial

I reason there is a middle ground. The aim is to, at the very least, get hackers to start thinking about privacy and about building systems that are beneficial to society whe respecting the rights of those who use them. I am using open source software, and I am releasing the code when it reaches a point where it can be useful (as django apps/python packages and Lisp libraries). The ALPHA and beta versions f the system (will) reside on my servers until the de-coupled design is completed. Because the real beauty about Nuuton is that is simply a loosely coupled system built on top of a collection of APIs. The client drives all of the logic and simpy send/receive encrypted data. All data on Nuuton is encrypted. All of it. So, at the ALPHA level it will not be completely open as you state. But it will respect your privacy and will be open to audit to researchers. I believe in privacy and am building a system that respects it. I had never talked about the system itself, but its about to hit early ALPHA. Keep posted for the announcement. Note that those who signed in as ALPHA users get a hacker account with access to the first APIs. I'm pretty sure this project will not become huge. But it will get a of us thinking about making more open systems.

18pfsmt 14y ago
Based on what you've written here, I'm very interested in what you are talking about. However, what I can't understand is why you would choose to go-it-alone, when other projects are looking to do the same thing. Namely, buddycloud.org and tent.io. The open source world seems to get so fractured, even among projects that seem to be aiming at solving the same problem, that none ever gain enough traction to reach the goal with any kind of success. I wish you luck on your project, but I hope you will look at those that have existed before yours (e.g. Diaspora), and those that are taking a new approach (mentioned above). EDIT to add references: https://github.com/tent https://github.com/tent https://github.com/buddycloud https://github.com/buddycloud https://github.com/diaspora https://github.com/diaspora
- orangethirty 14y ago
  I appreciate the nice gesture. I do know about these other projects, and do consider them as allies. But I believe that the more projects we have like these coming out, the more improvements will there be made as whole.
pseut 14y ago
> I'm pretty sure this project will not become huge. But it will get a of us thinking about making more open systems. I appreciated this line and found it endearing. Thanks for spending time on this project; I look forward to seeing what you've come up with.

18pfsmt 14y ago

Based on what you've written here, I'm very interested in what you are talking about. However, what I can't understand is why you would choose to go-it-alone, when other projects are looking to do the same thing. Namely, buddycloud.org and tent.io. The open source world seems to get so fractured, even among projects that seem to be aiming at solving the same problem, that none ever gain enough traction to reach the goal with any kind of success. I wish you luck on your project, but I hope you will look at those that have existed before yours (e.g. Diaspora), and those that are taking a new approach (mentioned above). EDIT to add references: https://github.com/tent https://github.com/tent https://github.com/buddycloud https://github.com/buddycloud https://github.com/diaspora https://github.com/diaspora

orangethirty 14y ago
I appreciate the nice gesture. I do know about these other projects, and do consider them as allies. But I believe that the more projects we have like these coming out, the more improvements will there be made as whole.

pseut 14y ago

> I'm pretty sure this project will not become huge. But it will get a of us thinking about making more open systems. I appreciated this line and found it endearing. Thanks for spending time on this project; I look forward to seeing what you've come up with.