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@orman@furry.engineer @soatok@furry.engineer the problem with Web of Trust is that it is surprisingly hard to explain to non technical people. Yes you could provide QR codes which makes it easier, but you still need to explain the why, and it is still a barrier to entry. On top of that a web of trust becomes a lot less useful if not a majority of users participate. In theory web of trust is nice, in practice it comes with a lot of headaches. That said at a small scale for smaller groups it might still be a useful concept, but will never really scale up to work at large (read internet wide) scales

Soatok Dreamseeker
@soatok@furry.engineer

@deetwenty@todon.nl @orman@furry.engineer Also, a lot of trust relationships have a half-life, and building that consideration into the UX without just expiring the keys themselves is frustrating

Katja ｢Amethyst｣
@VulpineAmethyst@social.treehouse.systems

@soatok@furry.engineer @deetwenty@todon.nl @orman@furry.engineer

another major consideration is that webs of trust require you to trust everyone that a given person trusts; there's no consideration for "Alice trusts Bob and Gary; Bob trusts Charlie, Denise, and Ellen; Alice does not trust Charlie", and there isn't really a good way to handle that in software without leaking associations.