Terence EdenI did the `human.json` thing!
If you're a blogger who I've met in person, and you're not using AI or LLMs for your content, let me know and I'll add you to my list.
Erin Brown@Edent Oooh! Looking forward to reading this more carefully! … Since it’s json, would it be feasible to add a property for including a public key? Perhaps this can further be reinforced through a cryptographic web of trust? 🤔
@rinkside you can suggest it - but cryptographic webs are a usability nightmare. Every single one has failed.
Maybe the next one won't. But I don't have high hopes.
@Edent Will have to read more about that issue — definitely not an area of expertise. Thank you!
These days I’m digging through old … ideas? … that may have been pushed aside in the rush to corporatize and centralize as we try building an alternate, more human network. 😊
@rinkside yeah, things like Keybase tried something similar - but they got acquihired by Zoom during the pandemic.
I think, pragmatically, If I've stuck something on the website I control, that should be "good enough".
@Edent Yes, the pgp key would reside on a self-controlled server. Isn’t there a feature with keys to build a web of trust through in-person key signing parties?
Host a human.json with a property pointing to a key that when inspected is bolstered by a human-verified web of trust. That’s where my thinking is. 😊