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πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Programmer β˜•οΈ Coffee lover πŸ”₯ Huge believer in fairness, hard work, nostr, bitcoin and in a better future that we build together

I think, if someone joins nostr, and stays on nostr:

They are willing to learn.

Probably learning curve shall be simplified, but I see this as a great bar to enter.

#nostr #grownostr

I think you can add nsecs to bunkers, that were not generated there, but it won't have a parent key or so.

I think there are already some way to do airgapped signing, but not sure if it is already convenient.

But you need to keep in mind, that if you have to approve all actions, then it will be really bad UX for decrypting DMs e.g. Except if you can somehow bulk approve.

Amber (android) signer seems to do that btw. The bulking.

You don't need haskell for it.

You can use it in any programming language, you just have to host the cli with it as well.

Not too complicated, and you get a private solution.

I already did it in python.

GM! β˜•οΈ

If I understand correctly, when you use a nsec bunker, only your bunker knows your nsec, and each logged in app, will get an own new keypair that it can use to make interactions on your behalf.

But this right can be withdrawn anytime simply.

So if your account is compromised, you can just delete the right of that keypair.

The only real danger is then, that the bunker itself gets compromised, and your real nsec leaks. From that, it is kind of impossible to recover.

So bunker does not solve fully the leak problem, but makes it so much better.

But if you think about it. With power comes responsibility.

#asknostr #grownostr #plebchain

I think, buying products does not make you happy, only cause you joy.

But the sellers and society tries to convince us, that what we feel when we buy new pair of shoes is happiness.

But I think it is incorrect.

Happiness is generated inside. Joy is caused by external things.

Joy disappears, happiness stays.

Just my 2 cents.

Replying to Avatar SoupBox

:D

Aren't you sure Sarah, that this is just a code name for something else? πŸ˜‚

To build a new system, we will need legends, the best of bests.

We are in a really good shape.

Out of Context Spam Filtering

How about hiding by default comments that are out of context. Usually spam is fully out of context, or?

#asknostr #nostr #plebchain

Why you might want to opt out from data collection?

1️⃣ Advertising

Advertising companies are middlemans, collecting data on users, to advertise to them their companies ads. They lock in users by having many companies, and lock in companies by having many users with advertisement profiles.

The more data is collected, the better your profile, easier to sell you things you don't need.

Usually these companies are offering free services in return for showing you ads. But the main issue is, they are earning money by selling you stuff, instead of making their free service better.

That is why, in most cases, after companies get big enough, and unexitable by locking their private and business customers in, they can start to decrease or just don't improve the quality of their service.

In such a case, they are only incentivized to milk you more, because where could you go?

2️⃣ Used against you

Your search history may reveal interesting things about you, when you search for something you did not understand, and by grabbing it out of context, it can be used against you.

E.g.: your bag beeps on an airport, and you look for, what these detectors beep for. Then voilΓ‘, grabbing this out of context, why did you look for this info? Do you want to carry something that could beep?

We can even hear stories, where you can get into trouble only by being connected to other bad people. E.g. buying a second hand phone, that was used by a criminal before. (Of course bad is from the perspective of people in control. This definition can also easily change. For the better or worse)

3️⃣ Stolen

Colleced data can also be stolen. If 1-1 company stores huge amount of information about you, it even makes it easier, because only they have to be hacked.

Stolen data can be used for identity theft (e.g.: applying for loan and make bad credit for the stolen identity), credit card copying. So basically to stole money with it.

4️⃣ Control you

Data collection is the basis of surveillance and control. If lot of your data is collected, it will be easier to predict your behaviour with a bigger accuracy. Therefore, it will be easier to control you.

#datacollection #personaldata #data #plebchain #grownostr #nostr

In an infinite game, there is no winning, only surviving.

You could win "battles", but what does it worth if you fall out of "business".

Replying to Avatar Tim Bouma

This is the #IndiaStack (thanks nostr:npub16dhgpql60vmd4mnydjut87vla23a38j689jssaqlqqlzrtqtd0kqex0nkq ).

Maybe it’s just me, but I think #nostr has this already covered with npubs, zaps and relays.

Lol, if you put it this way.

I would call nostr a pseudo-anonym identity layer. But what else would you need?

Hmmm. Imagine you could identify yourself to webshops with just signing a http auth. No more phone auth, email auth, telling your cats name, etc. Just a simple signature.

But, raises the question of "identity leaks". How do you recover from such?

Did you know

that amazon fair pricing policy drives up the prices of items outside of amazon too?

#nostr #amazon #grownostr