Fediverse and Linux have to be the most unholy tech union in existence.
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Abundance114@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI felt like a 90 year old grandma reading this.
CMLVI@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
gajahmada@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
You and me both. But after pondering the orbs for a minute I they’re saying, that it’s just Emissary trying to get E2EE working and not Fediverse as a whole.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
but wouldn’t you also need to verify the matrix/signal contact? both of them gives you the option to verify the other, but its very rarely used by people. so, you need either an already verified secure channel, or meeting on the street.
but then again we don’t actually know each other. so if we meet, how would you know it’s actually me, and not someone impersonating me?
gajahmada@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
Well, yeah the assumption here is that we both already knew and trust each other IRL and you personally give me this contact info and the check is there to make sure I was actually connected to you.
We as layman didn’t do this but I would assumed someone who is a high profile target actually do this kinds of checks.