Moxie Marlinspike
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13 November 2023
7 January 2022
From one piece My first impressions of web3 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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web3 is not on a path away from centralised platforms, and its privacy story is already below the internet’s low bar.Their words
I don’t think it’s on a trajectory to deliver us from centralized platforms, I don’t think it will fundamentally change our relationship to technology, and I think the privacy story is already below par for the internet (which is a pretty low bar!), but I also understand why nerds like me are excited to build for it.
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People don’t want to run their own servers, and never will.
13 January 2017
From one piece There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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There are many things to criticize Facebook for; running a product that deployed end-to-end encryption by default for over a billion people is not one of them.
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The fact that WhatsApp handles key changes is not a “backdoor,” it is how cryptography works.
10 May 2016
From one piece Reflections: The ecosystem is moving 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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So while it’s nice that I’m able to host my own email, that’s also the reason why my email isn’t end-to-end encrypted, and probably never will be.
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A federated protocol freezes in time, so a messenger that has to keep up with the ecosystem cannot be federated.Their words
Nothing about any of the protocols we’ve developed requires centralization; it’s entirely possible to build a federated Signal Protocol-based messenger, but I no longer believe that it is possible to build a competitive federated messenger at all.
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By contrast, WhatsApp was able to introduce end-to-end encryption to over a billion users with a single software update.
24 February 2015
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GPG is a failed experiment and will not be the thing that brings end-to-end encryption to ordinary people.On changing their mind
In the 1990s, I was excited about the future, and I dreamed of a world where everyone would install GPG. Now I’m still excited about the future, but I dream of a world where I can uninstall it.
12 June 2013
From one piece We Should All Have Something To Hide 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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You probably do have something to hide, you just don’t know it yet.
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Police already abuse the immense power they have, but if everyone’s every action were being monitored, and everyone technically violates some obscure law at some time, then punishment becomes purely selective. Those in power will essentially have what they need to punish anyone they’d like, whenever they choose, as if there were no rules at all.
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Legal change usually begins as lawbreaking, so perfectly effective enforcement would freeze a society in place.Their words
What’s often overlooked, however, is that these legal victories would probably not have been possible without the ability to break the law.
13 May 2013
7 January 2013
27 November 2012
13 December 2011
5 December 2011
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