commit 5c34ae7282ff211d1a3dbc1ce2c4f3f317afc54d Author: Christopher Lemmer Webber Date: Tue Jul 16 14:49:39 2019 -0400 Initial README for OcapPub writeup diff --git a/README.org b/README.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d4f881 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.org @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +#+TITLE: OcapPub: Towards networks of consent +#+AUTHOR: Christopher Lemmer Webber + +* Conceptual overview + +** ActivityPub + +** The mess we're in + +** Don't pretend we can prevent what we can't + +** Anti-solutions + +(Note that things in the anti-solutions category aren't necessarily +"things that aren't useful", but rather "things that end up causing +problems if they're the foundation".) + +*** Blocklists, allow-lists, and perimeter security + +*** Access Control Lists + +*** Content-centric filtering + +*** Reputation scoring + +*** Going back to centralization + +** A way forward: networks of consent + +** Must we boil the ocean? + +* Key concepts +** Object capabilities (ocaps) + +*** Ocaps meet ActivityPub objects/actors + +** True names, public profiles, private profiles + +** Accountability and revocation in an ocap system + +** Rights amplification and group-style permissions + +* Future work +** Petnames + +* Conclusions