Brion Vibber wrote:
admin Yellowikis wrote:
Just curious. Has anyone looked into a PGP "plug-in" for WM that would allow totally secure/anonymous editing?
What would such a thing do?
For encrypting web pages in transit between client and server, HTTPS already provides this.
For hiding the client's true network location from the server, anonymizing proxy networks like Tor already provide this.
The only potentially useful thing I can think of for PGP might be signing of edits to prove a consistent pseudonymous identity.
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