Darthjaffacake

Will lemmy implement veilid?

https://lemmy.world/post/3275190

Will lemmy implement veilid? - Lemmy.world

Recently cult of the dead cow came out with veilid, a secure decentralised way of sending encrypted information and i think this could be a huge asset to lemmy. Cult of the dead cow even mentions mastadon by name as they say this is the type of application it was designed for. If veilidchat takes off then i really hope the devs will consider it.

Aug 16, 2023 at 11:15amWeb
Show threadpoVoqAug 16, 2023
Can we please not do Google amp links here? Real link: www.theregister.com/2023/…/veilid_privacy_data/
Veilid: A secure peer-to-peer network for apps that flips off the surveillance economy

‘It’s like Tor and IPFS had sex and produced this thing’

The Register
Show threadDarthjaffacakeAug 16, 2023
Yeah sorry i just pasted it from my phone i didn’t realise it wasn’t the proper link
Show threadTywèle [she|her]Aug 17, 2023
You can edit links and titles on Lemmy.
Show threadCows Look Like MapsAug 16, 2023
Consider opening a feature request ticket on Github. :)
Show threadCarighan MaconarAug 16, 2023

i think this could be a huge asset to lemmy

In what way? Replacing the current federation protocol, ActivityPub?

Show threadDarthjaffacakeAug 16, 2023
Is it not possible to use both at the same time? They’re both network protocols but surely they operate on different levels, ActivityPub is the social networking protocol and Veilid would be the method of distribution within that protocol. I’m new to all this stuff so i could definitely be wrong
Show threadCarighan MaconarAug 16, 2023

Oh, I see what you mean. Uuuh, doable I suppose, but then again, why bother when it’s going to be encrypted in transit anyways (HTTPS and all) and both the sender and the recipient naturally have to be able to read it do to anything with it.

This protocol sounds more like something for torrenting or so, so that you could seed a file without knowing what it contains and hence have plausible deniability.

Show threadDarthjaffacakeAug 16, 2023
That’s a really good point and not something i thought of but with https doesn’t the server still have the ability to trace users via their IP and could be asked by governments for information? I guess tor is already good enough tor that though