sucJul 12, 2019
@jessmahler @strypey concerning the federation if messages, this might be an answer https://blog.dereferenced.org/what-is-ocap-and-why-should-i-care
What is OCAP and why should I care?

OCAP refers to Object CAPabilities. Object Capabilities are one of many possible ways to achieve capability-based security. OAuth Beare...

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@succfemboi #ObjectCapabilities are a cool concept. Not sure how they relate to this discussion though. Can you expand on that?
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@strypey Either the frontend glitched again or I read something here about how federated posts are visible and why one should posts with the followers-only scope.
Show threadStrypeyJul 12, 2019
@succfemboi yup, that's what the discussion is about. My understanding of object capabilities is extremely limited, but it's something like; instead of giving a piece of software permanent access to a device's networking, you give it access to a specific network connection, maybe on a specific port, maybe for a specified period of time, maybe only when X other piece of code is also running. How did you see
it relating to the discussion about post scope?
Show threadStrypeyJul 19, 2019
@succfemboi OK, I read the link you posted and now I understand why you did :) Yes, this definitely sounds like it would help with developing new features related to the scope of messages. But what @jessmahler and I were discussing was, in some ways, more about how to conceptualize the different possible scopes and communicate them clearly to users. OC doesn't help much with that ;)