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Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by F3nd0 »

folex wrote: post #40

Last commit to https://gnunet.org/git/secushare.git is from 2017: commit 4fbc224f25d71c30b16a2f5aa45cb1f2954d2d38 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Author: t3sserakt Date: Wed Sep 20 22:15:53 2017 +0200 deleted test Is development still going?

Yeah, probably just moved to other repositories for the time being. (E.g. I think https://git.gnunet.org/groupchat.git/ is from secushare.) The PSYC chatrooms are pretty active, and they have recently opened some issues in GNUnet's bug tracking system, too (https://bugs.gnunet.org/).

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by dvn0 »

jasode wrote: post #18
lapinot wrote: post #13

I'm quite annoyed by the superficial critics that are currently overflowing the comments. Of course this is an ambitious project that is driven by (of course slow paced) academic research. This is very serious and is of course actively not giving a fuck about current mainstream trends in software engineering. It is technically ambitious: no-bullshit distributed systems are hard with the current Xcoin trends. GNUnet s…

>I'm quite annoyed by the superficial critics that are currently overflowing the comments. Of course this is [...] academic research I'm guessing there would be less readers' irritation if the following text that's at the bottom was moved to the very top so it's the 1st thing people see: >secushare is a research project that hasn't reached prototype status, yet. [...] So if you truly want to get started with secushar…

Appreciate the feedback. There was never an intention to mislead. We can see how having a disclaimer upfront improves communication transparency, so we've change the front-page accordingly.

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by gwbas1c »

Cool idea: Looks more like building blocks than a complete application.

I'm curious how a system like this is resilient to SPAM.

Specifically: The (cough) power of centralized systems is that they have an economic incentive to police themselves. (Although we can disagree about how well they do it.)

Example: I don't get a lot of SPAM on Facebook, but I get a ton of SPAM emails and phone calls. Likewise, LinkedIn is mostly SPAM, so I don't use it very much.

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by motohagiography »

motohagiography wrote: post #44

Who are some people who will use this and what does one get for taking the risk to associate with them? It seems superficial, but for a social network, it's the only question that matters.

Following this up:

Their statement on how it will not disrupt society: https://secushare.org/society

And statement on their threat model: https://secushare.org/threats

The language is a bit passive, but charitably, their intent is to push surveillance stakeholders into either a) using social means to infiltrate group membership, or b) targeting user endpoints with malware. The tool will do this while frustrating passive interception.

Presumably we can use ML bots on accounts to infiltrate communities by now and then hand the reins to an investigator as a cover identity when it becomes useful.

Just not sure how this is all desirable.

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by jkepler »

gwbas1c wrote: post #43

Cool idea: Looks more like building blocks than a complete application. I'm curious how a system like this is resilient to SPAM. Specifically: The (cough) power of centralized systems is that they have an economic incentive to police themselves. (Although we can disagree about how well they do it.) Example: I don't get a lot of SPAM on Facebook, but I get a ton of SPAM emails and phone calls. Likewise, LinkedIn is mo…

Couldn't a micropayments option (built on bitcoin's Lightning network) where friends send the same micropayments back and forth keep SPAM at bay, since one wouldn't return the micropayments to spammers by way of return comments?

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by johnisgood »

Oh wow! I thought I disliked GNU but after all this... damn. This project made me dig deep into other GNU projects. I have to say I am extremely impressed. GNUnet, their featured and upcoming applications are intriguing. There is even GNU Taler, a privacy-preserving payment system. These projects are remarkable. I hope that they will continue working on them. They must! This is the direction I would like the future to take. I love the Secushare website, too, it is utterly informative and the design is pleasing my eyes. The content is stimulating my mind. Their goals are restoring my faith. Please make this a reality! I am so excited about this!

Thank you so much! If someone can afford to help them (Secushare, GNUnet) financially, please do! I will dig even deeper and try to contribute as much as I can as I have some knowledge in C and cryptography.

For anyone who is interested in contributing to Secushare: https://secushare.org/introduction (especially the "How can you help?" section)

For anyone who is interested in contributing to GNUnet: https://gnunet.org/en/engage.html

Re: Secushare: A decentralized, secure social network built on GNUnet

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Post by johnisgood »

dorfsmay wrote: post #35
lapinot wrote: post #13

I'm quite annoyed by the superficial critics that are currently overflowing the comments. Of course this is an ambitious project that is driven by (of course slow paced) academic research. This is very serious and is of course actively not giving a fuck about current mainstream trends in software engineering. It is technically ambitious: no-bullshit distributed systems are hard with the current Xcoin trends. GNUnet s…

Can its network federate? Can you use a single identity across networks?

https://secushare.org/federation

https://secushare.org/architecture

In my opinion it is worth going over most if not all of the website's content. It is time-consuming, I know, but it is such a gold mine. There are links to other websites, too, and when I get the time I will open those links as well. So much useful information, so much to explore and learn! I love it.

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