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jmb421 · 1w
What makes it unusable? I ask because i use pki daily as a part of my work routine as an end-user (very nontechnical). It seems to work fine
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That's fair, "unusable" is probably the wrong word. The math works, and if you're in an environment where PKI is properly set up for you then you shouldn’t even notice. The friction is more around trust and portability. And from an adoption perspective, unfortunately most normal people don't care or think about trust authorities or attestation, let alone managing identity through cryptography. The machines though, just tell them the mechanics.
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mleku · 1w
maybe so, but the alternative is "trust me bro" nostr is a PKI. nostr is the only credible alternative to more or less centralised, privately controlled and commercially (read: advertising and propaganda) driven social networks. it also happens to be a handy mechanism that allows us to do stuff lik...