We need decentralized communication
medium.com
We need decentralized communication
1–10 of 61 posts
Re: We need decentralized communication
#2> Decentralization is paramount to restoring privacy and freedom to the internet.
We have to start with reconquering our phones. A decentralized app cannot be hinged on a centralized appstore.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#3> Decentralization is paramount to restoring privacy and freedom to the internet. We have to start with reconquering our phones. A decentralized app cannot be hinged on a centralized appstore.
Android/iOS will always have a chokehold on their users. The Librem 5 is a potential alternative, a Matrix-integrated and fully open source phone. Although it still has some rough edges to be ironed out.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#4"This means the only way WhatsApp could comply with these demands is by completely altering their software with insecure cryptography."
I get what the author is trying to say, but getting technical details like this incorrect makes it difficult for me to want to keep reading these types of articles. There is no need for WhatsApp, et all to make the crypto insecure, all it needs to do is keep a record of the keys in a centralized database. That's why having centralized Commination isn't good, all you have to do is own the key handling process and you're good.
To follow the analogy in the article, the lock is fine, just 3 letter agencies have the key.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#5> Decentralization is paramount to restoring privacy and freedom to the internet. We have to start with reconquering our phones. A decentralized app cannot be hinged on a centralized appstore.
F-Droid [1] has addressed this pretty well for Android devices.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#6> Decentralization is paramount to restoring privacy and freedom to the internet. We have to start with reconquering our phones. A decentralized app cannot be hinged on a centralized appstore.
Where's my sledgehammer these days...?
Re: We need decentralized communication
#7We could have decentralized communications if we ever actually use IPV6 in production. Static IP's for all, much easier to self-host.
The other large issue is once you self-host, you're now liable for moderation of illegal content. I'm not sure how to fix that part.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#8"This means the only way WhatsApp could comply with these demands is by completely altering their software with insecure cryptography." I get what the author is trying to say, but getting technical details like this incorrect makes it difficult for me to want to keep reading these types of articles. There is no need for WhatsApp, et all to make the crypto insecure, all it needs to do is keep a record of the keys in a…
It was my understanding that the asymmetric key pair was generated locally, and only the public key was exchanged. I am unsure about whether or not this is a requirement of the Signal protocol, but Signal itself will only store the private key locally, meaning they would need to alter their software in order to store said keys in a centralized database.
Re: We need decentralized communication
#9> Decentralization is paramount to restoring privacy and freedom to the internet. We have to start with reconquering our phones. A decentralized app cannot be hinged on a centralized appstore.
F-Droid [1] has addressed this pretty well for Android devices. [1]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.alpha/
Until F-Droid removes the app from the store for whatever reason
Re: We need decentralized communication
#10"This means the only way WhatsApp could comply with these demands is by completely altering their software with insecure cryptography." I get what the author is trying to say, but getting technical details like this incorrect makes it difficult for me to want to keep reading these types of articles. There is no need for WhatsApp, et all to make the crypto insecure, all it needs to do is keep a record of the keys in a…
Semantics. It doesn't matter if the protocol is 'secure' if the private keys aren't.