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minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoPeople have invented cryptographic identities. Maybe unbinding email identity from service is long overdue. I’m biased, but seems much better than what you are suggesting.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI mean that is fine as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user. I don’t see those two being possible without a central authority.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user These two are fundamentally incompatible. And having a central authority obviously compromises security.
People have invented cryptographic identities. Maybe unbinding email identity from service is long overdue.
I’m biased, but seems much better than what you are suggesting.
I mean that is fine as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user. I don’t see those two being possible without a central authority.
These two are fundamentally incompatible.
And having a central authority obviously compromises security.