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Re: Ask HN: Keybase Alternatives?
#152I host a git repo on Keybase. Is there a replacement specifically for this feature? I don't want to host the plaintext on any cloud, but I want the ciphertext to be highly available and easily re-encrypted in case of compromise.
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> Git: gitlab, github, bitbucket (just to name a few) None of those hide the contents of your repo from the company that's hosting it. I suppose self-hosted Gitlab hides it the same way that Keybase does (the company's software sees your repo, but it's not stored in plaintext on their disks)
Yes. I _love_ Keybase Git for instant, immediate, safe backups of private repos. Keybase Git has been an absolutely killer feature for me since it came out and I'll miss it terribly if Keybase-the-software takes a turn for the worse. Now is the time to ensure I've got everything properly backed up, I guess. https://github.com/spwhitton/git-remote-gcrypt is probably the best alternative for now, but I'm wailing and gn…
... and https://rovaughn.github.io/2015-2-9.html. Maybe a weekend project hiding in here somewhere.
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#154The big feature for me is easy and secure backup of things like dotfiles (and it not being secured ONLY by a password). I may just combine gpg and a private S3 bucket now along with some simple bash tooling.
Exactly how I'd been using it - keeping my dotfiles in a git repo that's not at GitHub.
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#155I am also curious here. I have used and advocated strongly for Keybase with a couple of local government clients to send sensitive files back and forth (not sensitive in the sense of national security, but more to preserve privacy and store encrypted at rest). But I want to get ahead of the concern that Keybase is now owned by a Chinese company, which instantly compromises it. PGP is dead on arrival, since it's an ov…
Zoom is not a Chinese company. The founder merely was born in China. He is US citizen. I am very put off by this anti-China rhetoric. Everything that even has a remote connection to China is now under suspicion. This is madness.
> I am very put off by this anti-China rhetoric. Everything that even has a remote connection to China is now under suspicion. This is madness.
Personally, I don't want companies even having development groups in China simply because I don't want China deriving any benefit from the outside world given their behavior over many things (Great Firewall, Hong Kong, Uyghurs, general human rights, covering up Covid-19 to start, etc.).
We are well past the point that "giving to China" will normalize them. Evidence shows that attitude has failed. It's time to treat them like the persona non grata that they deserve to be.
That's beside the security implications.
Re: Ask HN: Keybase Alternatives?
#156GPG works, I don't know why anyone thought that anything else is needed.
See https://latacora.micro.blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem.html.
I don't recommend it.
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Just looked in the repository, looks like there is an app for it on f-droid. Do you have experience with Manyverse / would you recommend it? app https://f-droid.org/app/se.manyver / website https://www.manyver.se/
I've downloaded Manyverse from F-Droid so many times, hoping to finally use it for real...but I never could. I was particularly excited recently when an iOS app was released. If you have a really close group of techy friends who don't mind hiccups and tinkering and don't mind a strictly non-private social medium, maybe it could work. However, if you're trying to use it with normies, you might be disappointed. Private…
I'm only a recent user of SSB, many of the problems you describe seems related to the inherent nature of the protocol making it hard to onboard (ie. You almost always would need access to a pub to connect to the first few users).
On iOS you could try https://planetary.social/
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also GitHub supports .keys" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ .keys
I think that's only ssh keys, not including gpg keys.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you have reason to be concerned about the CCP undermining your communications infrastructure, it's a distinction without a difference. Like yes, you're correct, the person you're replying to is wrong. But the reason they brought it up remains valid with the correction.
If someone first makes a false accusation, then post a “correction” only to double down on a lesser yet still false accusation, I’d say it’s reason enough to conclude that they’re arguing in bad faith and attempting to slander. You don’t need to spread false information to make a possibly valid point. People also increasingly use this sort of “yeah, they play fast and loose with facts but they have a point so cheers”…
> If someone first makes a false accusation, then post a “correction” only to double down on a lesser yet still false accusation, I’d say it’s reason enough to conclude that they’re arguing in bad faith and attempting to slander.
You aren't listening to what he's saying: "If you have reason to be concerned about the CCP undermining your communications infrastructure, it's a distinction without a difference. The reason they brought it up remains valid with the correction."