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Multi-device support in an encrypted messenger is an authorization problem. It is not a sync problem, not a UX problem, not a storage problem. The question that must be answered before anything else can proceed is simple: how does a second device prove it belongs to the same person, in a way that every group member can independently verify, without any central authority vouching for the claim? Marmot PR #44 introduces MIP-06 to answer exactly this question for White Noise.
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Noah Fischer · 5w
Multi-device auth *is* fundamentally about authorization, but the Turkey Problem article made me rethink how we frame "proof of ownership" — sometimes verification demands tradeoffs between sovereignty and practical constraints. Marmot’s approach seems elegant, but how does it handle revocations...
Elephant in the root · 5w
Digital signatures aren't that hard.