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From: D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject: Re: Google Groups
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:27:40 -0000 (UTC)
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morena wrote:
> On 24-Nov-24 2:54 PM, Herr Montag wrote:
> 
>> I understood gemini as a forwarded gopher with actual security things
>> like encryption. but on a indieweb attidute, saying there are textfiles,
>> just serve them, everybody can serve with little stress in a very easy
>> way and the client renders. whats wrong with that idea? I am also a big
>> fan of simple things, I think the internet should go back to the user
>> like it was 1992. Websites who are linked to each other.
> 
> Adding pointless encryption to publicly shared text file is nonsense.
> Fix nothing, add complexity and kill compatibility.

You need to do some research on how TLS secures the domain name against
hijacking.