From 842bb149398c7e76ee586937abc1e60853cc7958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Owen Jacobson Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 02:15:27 -0400 Subject: Retire the Gossamer writeup. Neat idea, but unsafe, and no longer even remotely relevant. --- docs/gossamer/coda.md | 19 ------------------- 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/gossamer/coda.md (limited to 'docs/gossamer/coda.md') diff --git a/docs/gossamer/coda.md b/docs/gossamer/coda.md deleted file mode 100644 index 62a0973..0000000 --- a/docs/gossamer/coda.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -# A Coda - -[**Kit**](https://mastodon.transneptune.net/wlonk): - -> 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): - -> That's what torpedoed my interest in developing [gossamer](index.md) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3