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As they pointed out, this requires me to trust Amazon. But since that's the case, what's the point of it being auditable? Amazon can easily drop the last N transactions on your ledger and tell you the digest you provided was "not found".
The webpage says they use SHA256, but it doesn't go much more into detail than that.
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That doesn't give you the ability to cryptographically verify integrity of the database. Think git repository with pgp signature on every commit.
I think once centralized, there is inherently something wrong with blockchains. There is always chance of bait and switch, even though you trust amazon.
As they pointed out, this requires me to trust Amazon. But since that's the case, what's the point of it being auditable? Amazon can easily drop the last N transactions on your ledger and tell you the digest you provided was "not found".
ACM could leak your private keys.
EC2 hypervisor could have a 0day that allows China to steal all your data.
CloudTrail could drop audit logs.
At some point, you have to trust the company who's software you're using. Sure Amazon could easily drop the last N transactions, but what motivation do they have to do so? What behavior in the past makes you think this wuold happen?
As they pointed out, this requires me to trust Amazon. But since that's the case, what's the point of it being auditable? Amazon can easily drop the last N transactions on your ledger and tell you the digest you provided was "not found".
They could, but why would they?
Another Amazon Ad?