Archive for Mar 2022

5 entries

The Ukrainian War, PKI, and Censorship

Tue Mar 29 09:36:00 2022

PKI has created a global trust framework for the web. But the war in Ukraine has shone a light on its weaknesses. Hierarchies are not good architectures for building robust, trustworthy, and stable digital systems.
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Are Transactional Relationships Enough?

Mon Mar 21 10:57:00 2022

Our online relationships are almost all transactional. A purely transaction digital life can't feel as rich and satisfying as one based on interactional relationships. As more of our relationships are intermediated by technology, finding ways to support interactional relationships will allow us to live authentic digital lives.
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Provisional Authenticity and Functional Privacy

Mon Mar 14 09:27:00 2022

Provisional authenticity and confidentiality can help us manage the trade offs between privacy and authenticity to support online accountability along with functional privacy.
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Privacy, Authenticity, and Confidentiality

Mon Mar 7 14:18:00 2022

Authenticity and privacy are usually traded off against each other. The tradeoff is a tricky one that can lead to the over collection of data.
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What is Privacy?

Tue Mar 1 11:24:00 2022

With privacy, we're almost never dealing with absolutes. Absolute digital privacy can be achieved by simply never using the Internet. But that also means being absolutely cut off from online interaction. Consequently, privacy is a spectrum, and we must choose where we should be on that spectrum, taking all factors into consideration.
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