Nostr Web Client

In terms of privacy, I agree, it doesn’t make sense for it to be on the list. But DNS is very centralized, with one entity (ICANN) overseeing the entire root. There’s no way to truly own a name on the internet, you can only rent it. I used to be entirely against the current system, but now I see some scenarios where a centralized DNS makes sense, like in name collisions, squatting, faking identity, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love a decentralized alternative to DNS (for example Handshake), but it would be wrong to ignore the shortcomings of decentralized DNS. And DNS and web security are very closely tied, with CAs only granting certs to ICANN domains (or ip addresses but that defeats the convenience of DNS), which means your devices have no way to “trust” a service without an ICANN domain. DANE + DNSSEC could fix this, but no browsers support it.

SimplifiedPrivacy.com 2y ago

Yes centralization and censorship are the issues/

“Encryption as identity” is our phrase for systems that use public/private keypairs to communicate, and not centralized DNS. This includes Nostr names.

We reject government DNS as legitimate and promote:

1) Nostr. Nostr does use DNS for the nodes, but these nodes can be transitioned to Tor onions, which is going to be supported by the Gossip client in this new year.

2) Tor Onions

Our .Onion for Tor Browser:

privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion

2) Session as a distribution platform. This is blockchain based ID

Session ID to subscribe to new tips, articles, & videos:

Simple

Session ID to contact us one-on-one:

Support

3) IPFS & Unstoppable domains, SimplifiedPrivacy.x

4) Ethereum Push notifications, Enter this into push.org app:

0x094A1ef2F50F36956a90E410Ffc143362340865c

Can re-find the Eth info at:

SimplifiedPrivacy.eth

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Brooks Modesitt 2y ago

TOR onion addresses are no better than IP addresses, in fact worse, in terms of convenience and ease of remembering. IPFS does not work in practice. Unstoppable domains are also based on a centralized contract, you’re choosing between government control or private company control, which is no better than ICANN.

SimplifiedPrivacy.com 2y ago

Tor Onions can be copy and pasted to avoid censorship.

Our IPFS website works right now, go look at it.

It's true that the website interface for Unstoppabledomains.com is a private firm, but it's on Polygon and can't be modified to take-down.

jeannie 2y ago

I want to see some NOSTR I2P servers (but which also is visible on the clearnet/normal internet)