Re: [dev] seif opinions?

From: Louis Santillan <lpsantil_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:33:40 -0700

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Thomas <thoms3rd_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> This is interesting. Thanks for sharing.
>
> However, as welcome as alternatives to the current PKI system must be at
> this point, replacing HTTPS and the rest of what we call "the web" with
> nodejs, Qt, and JSON has got to be some sort of sick joke.
>
> Talk about having only a hammer... Mr. Crockford needs to get out of the
> house more.

I hear you Thomas. I think those choices by Crockford are let down
compromises and signal that his seif web is incremental over today's
web. I am also reminded of what Ian Hickson said about replacing HTML
(web) [0].

[0] https://plus.google.com/+IanHickson/posts/SiLdNL9MsFw

>
> Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:44:33PM -0700, Louis Santillan:
>> Has anybody considered seif [0][1]?
>>
>> I disagree with the choice of nodejs & Qt, and the idea of capturing
>> entropy from microphone and camera are interesting but gameable. I
>> think the overall concept is viable.
>>
>> [0] (Repo) http://www.seif.place
>> [1] (Talk) https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-seif-project
>>
>
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