[kwlug-disc] HTTPS Everywhere sunsets in January 2023

[Mikalai Birukou]

On 2022-06-14 16:25, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> > Isn't crypto a brutal form of capitalism. The one in which there is no
> > court and a way to return stolen?
>
> I read a blog post in the last few days which talked about this.
>
> https://www.devever.net/~hl/ruthlessness
>
> Terence Eden also wrote a recent blog on the theme, working through 
> what would happen if his house burnt down and he lost all his 2FA 
> tokens and password vaults. If everything is crypto and the rules are 
> only software he, and we, would be in trouble
>
> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/06/ive-locked-myself-out-of-my-digital-life/ 
>

I have a lot of relatives in Mariupol. Used to have 'em there.

My aunt's house has burned down completely. Getting her out, currently 
she is in russia, arranging money for her through the firewall between 
all of West and russia, -- all of these was possible based on 
person-to-person relationships and trust of extending help, both human 
debt and debt monetary. My younger cousin, also had his parent's house 
and his comp in it consumed in fire, he's coming here. I told him that 
payment of debt will be not to me but into the future to benefit his 
current and future nephews -- this is how humanity works.

Such situations happen to be perfect illustrations that 
bitcoin-type-tech ain't going to replace this.


Cory Doctorow's articulation is very appropriate here: pay attention to 
how does fails, fails safe, or fails catastrophically. Crypto is fine, 
while everything goes within tested range.