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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

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596 points pimterry | 1 comments | 25 Jul 23 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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toyg ◴[25 Jul 23 14:54 UTC] No.36863175[source]▶
This might be where the internet really gets forked, as it's been predicted over and over since the '90s.

On one side, we'll have a "clean", authority-sanctioned "corpweb", where everyone is ID'ed to the wazoo; on the other, a more casual "greynet" galaxy of porn and decentralized communities will likely emerge, once all tinkerers get pushed out of corpnet. It could be an interesting opportunity to reboot a few long-lost dreams.

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1. luckystarr ◴[25 Jul 23 15:16 UTC] No.36863559[source]▶
Story idea: This will probably result in the "corpweb" not being archived and thus will be forgotten in the next centuries (given we'll not hit a filter), while the "greynet" will survive the ages and only the vague echoes of the "corpweb" will be preserved through it. Digital archaeologists will struggle to uncover the "secrets" of the lost wisdom hidden in the "corpweb".

Probably already written by someone, but it fits, I guess.