We built the internet on email & passwords, coupled with an analog payment system based on typing 16-digit numbers into forms. If someone pitched this today, we’d laugh them out of the room. The answer might be in places most of our brightest minds aren't willing to look at - yet.
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12 sats \ 7 replies \ @SwapMarket 3h
Such a long post to shill Polkadot?? Really??? I was expecting NWC as the conclusion.
And no, linking real world identity with payment methods is cancer. If you need a mailing address for your order, just type it in or use autofill.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @deSign_r OP 3h
Yeas I was annoyed about it too, but ignoring the last paragraph, I found it an interesting read, teaching what to avoid.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @SwapMarket 3h
Internet does not need proof of identity. Secure and simple login methods? Yes. Secure and anonymous payment methods? Yes. Websites to link their users to actual physical persons in the meatspace? Fuck no!
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @deSign_r OP 3h
The most interesting concept was actually the argument on how the interest has been build around the username-password. There's no platform that somehow use some kind of variation of it.
I agree on nostr being the antidote to this habit that has been overleveraged in any direction.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 3h
Not true. The government websites and apps where I live use government-issued digital signatures to identify users.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwapMarket 3h
username/password was at the root of all computer networks, not just the Internet. How else can a terminal identify itself to a mainframe? More secure ssh connections use public/private key authentication. So Nostr also did not invent anything new here.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @deSign_r OP 47m
so why do ssh/privatekey did not make it over username and password? where privatekeys harder to remember and easly lost during these days too? why things should change today?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 38m
Government keys need to be generated in-person and installed on a client PC. Too much hassle for an average user, and a security risk if they leak. Alby browser plugin can store a Nostr npub and connect to your lightning wallet via NWC protocol, then use LNURL Auth to identify you to a range of sites. Very nice UX, but takes a learning curve to trust it.
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