A coda on accountability

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+# A Coda
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+[**kit**](https://mastodon.transneptune.net/wlonk):
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+> How would you make a site where the server operator can't get at a user's data, and given handling complaints and the fact that people can still screen cap receipts etc, would you?
+>
+> Is it a valuable goal?
+
+[**owen**](https://mastodon.transneptune.net/owen):
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+> That's what torpedoed my interest in developing [gossamer](.) further, honestly
+>
+> meg laid out an abuse case so dismal that I consider the whole concept compromised
+>
+> centralizing the service a little - mastodon-ishly, say - improves the situation a bit, but if they can't get at their users' data their options are limited
+>
+> I think secrecy and republication resilience are kind of non-goals, and the lesson I took is that accountability (and thus locality and continuity of identity) are way more important
+>
+> specifically accountability between community members, not accountability to the operator or to the state