balajis
@balajis.eth
Operating systems are the systemic risk to crypto. If compelled by the state…Apple, Google, and Microsoft can backdoor billions of devices through software updates to scan for private keys. The capability exists. https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/9/23500838/apple-csam-plans-dropped-eff-ncmec-cdt-reactions
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Need a high taste UI/UX fork of Android
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balajis
@balajis.eth
Yes, we need something like ethOS, Solana phone, or Qubes. Maybe an Urbit box. An ultra secure operating system for desktop & mobile dedicated to crypto. We also need to move enough funds on there in a relatively short time to make seizure unattractive. This is hard for anything but an Android fork, and even then...
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caz.eth
@caz.eth
Why do you need a crypto-specific os to prevent this? Why not just use linux to ensure privacy?
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notdevin
@notdevin.eth
The value of a chain as an os is that all data originates with an owner slot and a value slot as first class citizens. The functional differences flow from that. Crypto is not the everything, it just happens to be a system that formalizes that relationship of data, ownership, and value. That’s it’s virtue.
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notdevin
@notdevin.eth
Looking forward, we can apply zkp to the place data is being created and wrap it so that all ingress egress has a variable selector on what is revealed-inferred-private. This would also have a profound impact as to the organization methods for accessing and using data.
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notdevin
@notdevin.eth
Our data is everywhere now, sure, but data expires rapidly in digital spaces. So reformatting data interactions to have root owners and controls during creation would absolutely improve the dynamics we’re currently setup to experience if we run on current paradigms
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