ybceo

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by ybceo 9mo ago
If I understand correctly, this is the flow you are describing : 1. You show your ID to a "trusted third party" 2. They cryptographically attest "yep, this person has valid government ID" 3. The service (Discord, Coinbas
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KYC fails at the only thing it claims to do(servury.com)
7 points by ybceo 9mo ago|3 comments
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by ybceo 10mo ago
You're right, we shouldn't have had those certifications listed. They've been removed. We're a new company, made a mistake, and we're fixing it. Appreciate you calling it out.
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by ybceo 10mo ago
I went ahead and took action on the criticism as soon as I saw the parent comment. All apache access logs are piped to /dev/null now. I'm not here to debate, the reason I posted here is to hear what people thought and see how
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by ybceo 10mo ago
I disagree. Like I said earlier : Web server logs were not tied to user credentials in any way, they were used for debugging purposes and could not have been used to identify users.
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by ybceo 10mo ago
Those data points refer to what is stored in the database and is tied to your 32 character credential. Web server logs were not tied to user credentials in any way.
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by ybceo 10mo ago
I agree 100%. I went ahead and disabled all logging in Apache just now. Will update the privacy page to reflect this within the hour.
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by ybceo 10mo ago
I was going to say making the platform open source might solve this problem, but then users would have to trust that we are actually running the open source version and not some fork with logging and tracking. This would be an interesting p
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by ybceo 10mo ago
You're thinking about browser fingerprinting (client-side), but my post is about service-level anonymity (server-side). Browser fingerprinting: "Your unique combination of extensions/settings makes you identifiable among othe
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Privacy doesn't mean anything anymore, anonymity does(servury.com)
458 points by ybceo 10mo ago|290 comments
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Show HN: We built a no-logs cloud provider where users are just a 32-char token(servury.com)
3 points by ybceo 10mo ago|0 comments