Data and security breaches are becoming increasingly common, highlighting the vulnerabilities of existing messaging and communications platforms. Devising computational tools and systems that better protect sensitive data against malicious attacks is therefore of utmost importance.

Researchers from several institutes worldwide recently developed Quarks, a new, decentralized messaging network based on blockchain technology. Their proposed system could overcome the limitations of most commonly used messaging platforms, allowing users to retain control over their personal data and other information they share online.

  • regalia@literature.cafe
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    2 years ago

    you can store things encrypted

    also do you know what identity keys are? We’ve solved that decades ago with pgp keys lol

    • FlowVoid@midwest.socialEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Even if it’s encrypted, it can be lost or destroyed if it’s stored client side.

      I know what identity keys are, but they don’t solve the problem. If someone says they didn’t receive your message, the best way to prove you successfully sent it is to use a distributed ledger.

      • regalia@literature.cafe
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        2 years ago

        Yes there is??? Do you know what a read receipt is?

        Again, storing messages on the blockchain is a fucking terrible idea. I don’t need to store the dumb memes my friends send to each other eternally on the blockchain, nor does anyone give a shit. If it’s important enough to want to be saved, you do this new technique called a damn backup.

        I don’t want to open myself up to my key getting hacked and my entire life history’s messages getting leaked. I don’t want to open myself to someone stealing my device where my key is stored and having indefinite access to all my past, present, and future data. I don’t want to leave my data publicly available with all the metadata and message sizes to see for any unknown third parry, and to who is being sent what to whom. I don’t want to be vulnerable to potential encryption breaking techniques in the future. I don’t want to deal with the gas cost, the huge amount of latency that would make real time chat unviable, and the insane amount of overhead to solve an already solved problem with an objectively worse solution in every possible way.

        These are problems that don’t need to be solved with blockchain. Every problem you’re suggesting has been solved decades ago and for absolutely free. You are dense as hell and aren’t even attempting to look at the already existing technology that has already solved this. Fuck out of here crypto bro.