" Further, I'll note that you don't have to trust Facebook can't be coerced for encrypted notifications to be useful. You just have to trust that -your enemies- can't coerce them. For many of Facebook's 1.44 billion users, this is probably true."
+1 On Jun 1, 2015 3:48 PM, "Matt Mackall" <m...@selenic.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 18:26 -0400, Thomas Delrue wrote: > > On 06/01/2015 06:19 PM, z...@manian.org wrote: > > > For their notification system, FB is leveraging GPG as an identity > > > provider to say" only a person who has a certain private key > > > should be able to reset access credentials for this account". > > > > I had not thought of this and I think that this is a good point. > > I do however question whether this is the purpose of this feature, I > > think it is more of a side-effect. > > Nope, it's two distinct features: > > - enter your public key so it's displayed and downloadable from your > public profile > - check a separate box to enable encrypted notifications > > Further, I'll note that you don't have to trust Facebook can't be > coerced for encrypted notifications to be useful. You just have to trust > that -your enemies- can't coerce them. For many of Facebook's 1.44 > billion users, this is probably true. > > -- > Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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