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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    People have invented cryptographic identities. Maybe unbinding email identity from service is long overdue.

    I’m biased, but seems much better than what you are suggesting.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I mean that is fine as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user. I don’t see those two being possible without a central authority.

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user

        These two are fundamentally incompatible.

        And having a central authority obviously compromises security.