#dev 2019-03-23

2019-03-23 UTC
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@davidwbarratt ↩️ Yeah I mean those standards already exist. The web already does this in a decentralized method (RSS, WebMention, http://schema.org, etc.) or federated (AcitvityPub); but there is no sustainable solution for mass-users to use. (twitter.com/_/status/1109300332096565248)
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[kevinmarks] @angelogladding https://indieweb.org/Salmon has a signature model, but it is very fiddly. If you just want to detect changes, hashing rather than signing may make sense.
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AngeloGladding !tell kevinmarks in the salmention context being able to fully trust the comments section of a 100-post thread with signatures can mean going from 100 requests to 1 request (assuming all familiar identities)
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Loqi Ok, I'll tell them that when I see them next
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AngeloGladding !tell kevinmarks although a plain old hash has its merits as well -- can double as an etag for conditionally GETting verifications of those 100 posts
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Loqi Ok, I'll tell them that when I see them next
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[kevinmarks] Yes! Using hashes as etags is a great idea.
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Loqi [kevinmarks]: AngeloGladding left you a message 2 hours, 33 minutes ago: in the salmention context being able to fully trust the comments section of a 100-post thread with signatures can mean going from 100 requests to 1 request (assuming all familiar identities)
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Loqi [kevinmarks]: AngeloGladding left you a message 2 hours, 32 minutes ago: although a plain old hash has its merits as well -- can double as an etag for conditionally GETting verifications of those 100 posts
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[kevinmarks] I have been advocating this for a while http://svgur.com/dweb
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