I don’t see this going anywhere unless a) it becomes costly/risky to hold customer data, b) it’s mandated by law, or c) there is massive customer demand
Unfortunately I don’t see any of those on the horizon…
Schluss – A secure vault for personal data
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Re: Schluss – A secure vault for personal data
#42I like the idea and I think (and hope) someone (hopefully not a FAANG) will manage to build a product. As for schluss.org specifically, I don't see any reason to trust them. On a side note, I also find their "Responsible Disclosure" page at https://schluss.org/responsible-disclosure/ to say the least, funny: - "Your reward. We work as a community, in which you contribute to improve Schluss. With this you contribute t…
Well, "hacking is not allowed in the Netherlands". But honestly, I think what they're trying to say is, we're happy if you report issues, but please don't commit a legal offense. This policy will not absolve you.
but would their legal team concur with that interpretation if it embarrasses them in the headlines is the real question. Despite being considered an otherwise odious character, Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer was prosecuted for essentially doing something that revealed a flaw in a major player while doing nothing illegal. Getting flamed in the media changes a lot.
Re: Schluss – A secure vault for personal data
#43Hi all, I work at Schluss, came across this topic and found it very informative. Thanks for all your comments and thoughts!
We share your distrust against anyone making big claims. We also have been disappointed more than once. So, we get where you come from. We believe in dialogue. Therefore, we take each and every one of you serious. With what we are trying to achieve we know we have a major challenge up ahead. We take it to the extreme: Schluss does not want to have any knowledge about its users and usage. The company at this moment is a foundation (no shares!) with the sole purpose to become a cooperative. This way every user is co-owner. On the technical side, the system must be decentralized and distributed and we want to stay away from vendor lock-ins. You as a user will own and control what is yours. No one will know of your existence or have access to your data unless you want so. This is complex and difficult to achieve because there is so much to take into account. And even though we're building a few years already, we know we're just getting started. Our software is, of course, open source and BSD licensed. See our repo's here: https://gitlab.com/schluss.