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The protocol is built from the same digital DNA as the Tor browser and the chat app Signal and will be used to create new ways for folks to communicate, share files, and generally surf the web while simultaneously protecting their privacy.
- aksdb ( @aksdb@feddit.de ) 9•1 year ago
I am always skeptical when new encryption protocols are announced. We already have quite a few properly reviewed and proven ones. Any new one has to stand all those tests first before it can be considered secure.
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
If it is based on Tor and Signal its not “new” and its probably a bad tech writer not understanding the details.
- aksdb ( @aksdb@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
If a new protocol is based on Tor and Signal, it’s still a new protocol. If they don’t use the existing protocols unmodified, they might break crucial parts in the larger security model.
Edit: even the website states
Veilid is a new, distributed communication protocol developed by Cult of the Dead
- Sam ( @sam@lemmy.ca ) 7•1 year ago
Cult of the Dead Cow
- django ( @django@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•1 year ago
Feeling old today?
- PotatoesFall ( @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ) 5•1 year ago
This news makes it sound like theres no encrypted messaging protocols around. I wish it was more clear what is special about this one. Is it the integration of onion routing and end to end encryption into one protocol?
- Manbart ( @Manbart@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
Wow, I had no idea they are still around
- Jaysyn ( @Jaysyn@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
I haven’t heard that name in a long time.