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Like others here, I love this idea; a similar concept has been bouncing around in my head over the past few months in light of NSA-related news. But the thing
by raamdev 13y ago
Like others here, I love this idea; a similar concept has been bouncing around in my head over the past few months in light of NSA-related news.
But the thing I keep coming back to in my head is, "how do we get people who know nothing about encryption, or even care that much about being monitored, to use more secure channels?"
When I saw the title of this thread, my first thought was, "how could we build something that allows people to run WordPress--already open-source and used by millions--on a distributed secure network?" How could we make 'distributed and secure' easy and stupid-simple for anyone who already knows how to install and use WordPress (or any other open-source software for that matter)?
I feel like we're trying to build things from scratch when building better wheels is more practical for the masses who already have vehicles they're comfortable driving.
[Edit: FYI, the video on the Kickstarter page makes trsst sound a lot more like a 'social media platform' than a 'blog platform'.]
- ds9 13y agoThe usability question is crucial for secure comms on a NSA-infested internet - it must be "easy" for non-technical people, but such as to not obscure anything, nor impair configurability, for more astute users. But usability is a posterior issue. The first thing is to get the principles right, then usability can be applied by putting on the right interfaces. And I don't think there is any consensus about a good design yet. See my reply on another comment about the design of this system.