Encryption and Globalization 15 Years Later: E2EE and the "Going Dark" Debate

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aliasxneo•about 2 hours ago

I've been working on a project for the last six months that brings mTLS to the masses. Meaning, post-quantum end-to-end encryption with human readable identities. It uses a decentralized root of trust for, basically, a lot of the history this article covers.

iamnothere•about 2 hours ago

Human readable identities are the hardest part (unless you just mean BIP-style word chains). What’s your approach look like? How do you prevent collisions?

aliasxneo•about 2 hours ago

You register a DNS-style name. Registrations lasts a year with a 3 month post-expiration window to reregister, otherwise it gets released back. The system goes out of its way to make name trading uneconomical - specifically to work against speculators and name-sitters from coming in and ruining things.

iamnothere•about 2 hours ago

Ah, ok. Is there a fallback for using bare keys instead of human readable names? If not, you have just recreated a central gatekeeper problem; you could be ordered to terminate name service for someone. Unless it’s using some decentralized crypto system like eth.

Optional human readable names could be a good system combining convenience with resilience.

mspecter•20 minutes ago

Coauthor here, somewhat surprised to see this on HN. Any thoughts, questions, or feedback welcome.

mvdwoord•about 2 hours ago

“Everything is end-to-end encrypted… depending on how you define the ends.”

g-b-r•about 1 hour ago

It is not great that they use the E2EE term to describe TLS, although it's for a good cause

Encryption and Globalization 15 Years Later: E2EE and the "Going Dark" Debate

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