@hidden @diceynes Anyway, what do you two think of who he really is? You are shocked by violent racism, good. What about wanting to lobotomise and rape someone while fetishising their (imposed) child-like qualities?
@mia I was thinking more about end-to-end encryption using public keys / contact info in bio, which isn't solved by just being self-hosted on my end as the admin of the other person's instance could still be MITMing. Also, isn't the other person still relying on their instance to verify my signature?
Also, @silverpill's point about it not being feasible for everyone still stands regardless of if it's E2EE or signing. Communication is less useful the fewer people can do it and so the same goes for communication privacy and security. This needs a more general solution.
That being said, I am planning on making my own instance one of these days for various reasons. I guess what's stopping me is partly perfectionism (I want it to be home-hosted and I can't get my RPis to boot up consistently) and partly I haven't gotten around to it (I haven't even gotten around to getting a new PC yet; I'm using a smartphone right now). The latter is probably ADHD lol. Also, if I'm not hosting on my own hardware, I'm just trusting my VPS provider instead of my instance admin, which doesn't change much.
The thing I like about #Nostr compared to #ActivityPub is it's secure by default. No need to put public keys in your bio and hope your admin doesn't MITM your conversations.
@thatguyoverthere It being in the hands of private companies (or individuals) isn't much better. Coercion is bad whoever engages in it. @hidden@diceynes
@thatguyoverthere If they commit a crime (that harms someone other than themself) that's different. I think in that case they should be given a choice between hospital or prison. @hidden@diceynes
@thatguyoverthere I've heard that in the US you can be forced (probably by the gov't) to go to hospital and pay for your "treatment" out of pocket. That seems to me like "state-run" with extra steps and the added injustice of having to fund your own oppression. I heard this from someone who used to be on fedi (winter/velartrill). @hidden@diceynes
@hidden I mean, I guess they could still take her home. But she'd have to sit in a chair or lie in bed all day. Might not be very hygienic. @thatguyoverthere