lemm.ee

3 points

10 months ago

What if account creation was local (e.g. Git and keys)?

If no data needs to be stored then no account is needed. Use the system where there is a unique indentifier based on the password.

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Syrc@lemmy.world

1 point

10 months ago

Use the system where there is a unique indentifier based on the password.

Never heard of this, how does that work?

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2 points

10 months ago

A tripcode "is the hashed result of a password that allows one’s identity to be recognized without storing any data about users. Entering a particular password will let one “sign” one’s posts with the tripcode generated from that password. Trying to take another user’s tripcode and compute their password from it (for instance, to make posts that appear to come from a particular person) is somewhat computationally difficult."

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Syrc@lemmy.world

2 points

10 months ago

That’s pretty cool, but still, does that really solve the bot problem? Doesn’t it make it easier for them to spam?

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1 point

10 months ago

Tripcodes doesn’t affect bots spamming at all.

No longer needing accounts removes whatever barrier to entry email, phone or credit card is worth. On the plus side less people are being farmed for data, so society is better off 😕

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Syrc@lemmy.world

1 point

10 months ago

What I mean is, doesn’t that barrier being removed make things easier for bots as well? And while humans only save a bit of time once to register, bot farms would improve a lot considering they do it over and over again.

Less data farming is undeniably better, but imo if something helps bringing us further from the Dead Internet outcome I can accept it. Of course, just the bare necessities, sites that require you mail + phone + name and so on when they don’t need them to function should really dial it down.

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1 point

10 months ago

Perhaps requiring government ID would prevent even more bots… but stopping bots is not my priority. When reading YouTube comments I see obvious comments from bots making generic comments or asking people to click links, but I also see many comments that make me wonder if they are being sincere or this is ML generated. Unless you’re going to ask for more and more personal data then only the side creating bots will advance in fooling those requirement. Barriers to entry do not appear to be a valid long-term strategy.

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