Comment on Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That wouldn’t really solve it though. The problem is not a man in the middle attack. It’s someone scamming you. They can do it, then generate another signature, repeat, etc.

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  • endofline@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Web of trust - did you hear? www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x547.html

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you only trade with people in your web of trust? That’s not feasible. People flock to these websites to trade with strangers. You don’t need a middleman to trade with people you already trust.

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      • endofline@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Friend of friend networks, that’s how classmates have benefits created ( a prototype to “prove” 6 connections theory )

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