Authorized Fetch (also referred to as Secure Mode in Mastodon) was recently circumvented by a stupidly easy solution: just sign your fetch requests with some other domain name.

  • @[email protected]
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    2611 months ago

    I agree with you, however there are issues with not just privacy but also authenticity. I should be able to post as me, even in public, and have a way to prove it. Nobody else should be posting information as me, if that makes sense.

    • @[email protected]
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      1411 months ago

      For that, we should start bringing our own private keys to the server, instead of trusting the server to control everything.

      And if we start doing that, pretty soon we will end up asking ourselves why do we need the server in the first place, and we will evolve to something like what nostr is doing.

      I’m all for it.

      • @ttmrichter
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        211 months ago

        …evolve to something like what nostr is doing.

        Giving places for cryptobros to wank without being pointed at and laughed at by their betters?

          • @ttmrichter
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            011 months ago

            I’m pretty sure that 99.44% of nostr is cryptobros.

              • @ttmrichter
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                -211 months ago

                When I see nostr users that number more than, say, six who aren’t also cryptobros, I’ll drop the nostr disrespect. Until then … 🤷‍♂️

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 months ago

                  You are doing nothing but a strawman. Lemmy is developed by shit-for-brains tankies, yet there is no denying that their work has brought progress to the distributed web.

                  Same thing for nostr. Whether you like it or not, nostr “cryptobros” have shown a bunch of things that need improvement on the Fediverse and they are backing their words with actions and working code. You on the other hand have nothing but smug, pretentious bullshit to throw around.

                  • @ttmrichter
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                    -311 months ago

                    Again, when you can show me a cryptobro concentration lower than 99.44%, I’ll take nostr seriously. And when you can show it not turning into a Hellhole worse than Xhitter and Farcebook combined because of the very philosophy underpinning it, then I’ll think it’s actually worth looking at. (Hint: this is not possible.)

                    Until then I’ll call it what it is: a place for cryptobros to wank to their faux-libertarian fantasies.

    • 0x1C3B00DA
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      411 months ago

      Sure, but that’s already solved on the fediverse by using HTTP Signatures and isn’t related to Authorized Fetch.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        I meant to say generally, for folks that might read this comment and think problems surrounding the platform and security are solved.

    • @ttmrichter
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      -111 months ago

      Clear sign every post using a third-party application. Make your public keys known far and wide. Authenticity solved.

      • Natanael
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        511 months ago

        And now we’re dealing with key management instead

        • @ttmrichter
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          211 months ago

          You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.

        • @ttmrichter
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          011 months ago

          You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.