31 sats \ 9 replies \ @llamabyte 13 Jul 2023 \ on: Portable experiences nostr
Such as Alby.
Alby has way too much power. Everyone is building on their extension, which is not friendly at all for the most privacy paranoid set ups.
Not sure how to fix this, but being able to zap cashu tokens instead might be it.
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afaik Most of the important things that Alby does is proposed as a protocol. They are popular but they aren't locking people in.
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More info on the protocol aspect ? From what i know you need to sign up using an email, which means not condusive to a general protocol since account management is centralized.
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Nostr wallet connect and webln.
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Cool, my main beef with them is their extensions lack of support for, as i said, super paranoid OS's that will remain unmentioned. Otherwise they are doing good work
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Yeah i think alby uses fingerprinting which i don't know why they do it
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Alby...Albeeee....beee.
Bee logo, mascot....
Honey pot......
hmmmmm
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Where in the code is that? https://github.com/getAlby
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It's not what is in the code, it's what is not.
Operating procedures, Open source is not magic.
Just because a company publishes it's code, does not mean what you are using compiles to what they are shipping, or their other design choices aren't part of a broader profiling risk.
They ask for an email, leaves a KYC trace. They don't support the most paranoid browser and operating system privacy conditions.
They are a risk just by being a registered company that can be subpoenaed for info.
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