On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
> It appears that Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> said: > >> Yes, I get that, I'm @jl.ly. I believe this could work technically > but I > >> do not believe it is a problem that many people care about. > > > >The problem people care about is having to remember a password for every > >site they interact with. > > > >The problem sites care about is being able to provide account like > features > >without the hassle of managing passwords and without giving their > principal > >competitor Facebook critical information about their site. > > OK but now you depend on whoever owns the domain you use. You and I have > our > own but we are strange, viz. the vast majority of Bluesky users who have > @something.bsky.app handles. > The DNS handle is only a hailing address. It maps to a public key. Once a connection is established, it is the public key that is the control point.
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