Revery: v0 of a secure messaging protocol
i started a (very niche) private messaging protocol & little CLI app demo. i’m no security expert, so any feedback or questions would be appreciated.
the gist is an ephemeral message exchange without identities. the goal is ultimate deniability.
the interesting (and weird) part is that messages are encrypted but not authenticated. this means an imposter could show up if they know the shared secret. otoh this means you can deny anything you say.
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Above the booth will be a live leaderboard featuring the top Exiles able to kill the most bosses in the shortest period of time.
If you're planning to attend the exhibition, make sure to check out our booth! All visitors will have the chance to earn Path of Exile 2 merchandise prizes depending on how many bosses you can kill.
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- Where - Hall 6.1 C071 / A070
We hope you have lots of fun!
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A quanto pare, il tizio del software pirata, Pirate Software, dopo la sua grande caduta dall’altare da cui predicava non è semplicemente finito sul colpo… bensì, la gente sta scavando. E oooh, se dalla terra stanno uscendo cose… e, in questo caso, incuriosiscono anche me, perché intrecciano due grandi mie passioni: il gaslighting, e lo […]
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“I reviewed Pirate Software’s Code. Oh boy…” (Coding Jesus vs Pirate Software e la situazione si fa eterna)
A quanto pare, il tizio del software pirata, Pirate Software, dopo la sua grande caduta dall’altare da cui predicava non è semplicemente finito sul colpo… bensì, la gente sta scavando. E oooh, se dalla terra stanno uscendo cose… e, in questo caso, incuriosiscono anche me, perché intrecciano due grandi mie passioni: il gaslighting, e lo sviluppo software; nella prima il signorino ha evidentemente appena fallito, mentre sembra che direttamente non sia proprio del mestiere, riguardo la seconda, che nel suo caso è nel campo dei videogiochi… 😰In particolare, il signore è entrato in questioni con un certo Gesù del Coding (e i nomi in questa storia stanno diventando così surreali che davvero inizio a pensare al fatto che, nonostante tutto, viviamo proprio nel migliore dei mondi possibili…), che ha osato fare code review del suo giochino RPG, Heartbound (nome, ancora, scelto veramente a cazzo, visto che sul momento ho pensato fosse il gioco di Nintendo dello stesso genere e probabilmente in parte d’ispirazione, Earthbound; e pronunciati a voce anziché scritti, ovviamente, la differenza non la noterebbe nemmeno chi a differenza mia ha un cervello funzionante)… e ne è uscito fuori veramente da piangere come mai prima d’ora. 😿
Sostanzialmente, questo RPG (che dicono essere estremamente mid dal punto di vista del gioco in sé, ma non avendo voglia nemmeno di provare la demo non mi esprimo su ciò) sarebbe in sviluppo da una roba come 7 anni, avendo ricevuto finora tipo 20mila dollari di raccolta fondi, e non va avanti. Questo, a detta sua, è perché sta avendo problemi con la scrittura… ma invece no: è perché il suo codice è uno spaghetto di livello extraterrestre, molto semplicemente. Ah, e anche perché, invece di lavorare per davvero allo sviluppo, è ogni giorno in live a yappare o a fare gaming… e la cosa mi ricorda stranamente un altro sviluppatore indie a suo tempo ancora più perculato, ma non voglio divagare già ora… ☠️
Tornando al punto: Coding Jesus, in un suo video, ha preso tutti i frame dove si vedeva codice del gioco nelle sue live (che, per essere nel corso di mesi e mesi, sono sorprendentemente pochi), e lo ha semplicemente distrutto. Questa non è una code review che si può spiegare in due parole… ma, in breve, Thor (si, anche lui stesso ha un nome assurdo, per chi non lo avesse ancora afferrato…) dimostra praticamente di non afferrare i principi base di programmazione; il codice è completamente inmantenibile, ma a livello praticamente da meme. 🤥
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Il problema di tutta la storia, ovviamente, non è di per sé il fatto che questo qui sia un incapace patentato… ma che ha un ego smisurato, che ha praticamente mentito sulla sua intera carriera professionale (pur se non inventando cose di sana pianta, solo omettendo o manipolando alla grande i piccoli dettagli), che a riguardo di questo suo progetto racconta tutt’ora di continuo sempre e solo palle pur di non ammettere la tragica situazione reale che lo riguarda, e che in generale sembra essere ben più interessato a pavoneggiarsi che a fare quello che dice di voler fare! Oh, io sono la prima che dice che è assolutamente sacrosanto il diritto a creare anche la merda; fateli i giochi, assolutamente, pure se non sapete programmare… ma non fate la voce profonda per apparire più saggi di quello che siete davvero, vi prego! 😭
E boh, mi permetto persino una riflessione spaventosamente reale qui, perché nessuno sembra averla fatta: è specialmente curioso che, quando escono queste controversie riguardo sviluppatori indie, sono sempre sviluppatori di videogiochi. Non che ne escano tantissime eh — e, infatti, l’unico pensiero parallelo a questa storia che gira nella mia mente riflettendoci è che questo Thor è letteralmente il nuovo YandereDev per quanto mi riguarda, e non riesco minimamente a confutare questa mia ipotesi stellare — però boh, in altri casi esce poco… Sarà forse che, negli altri casi, da un lato è puramente il codice a parlare, mentre dall’altro i polli che donano migliaia di soldi sulla pura fiducia non ci sono? 🥴
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in reply to JumpyWombat • • •interesting point! i chose symmetric shared key because it means you can’t prove who sent what message.
the shared secret does add some authentication, which i think is necessary. the goal is it only creates enough to be practical (a random person can’t eavesdrop), but not enough to prove things. messages themselves still aren’t authenticated by any one person.
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in reply to JumpyWombat • • •you’re not wrong, but that’s just the trade off that has to be made, i think. it’s the only way i can think to do it, at least. need -some- authentication for practical usability.
your gpg example removes the deniability since it proves who wrote the message.
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in reply to slugr • • •Can you elaborate on what this means?
slugr
in reply to gaylord_fartmaster • • •sure!
during or after a conversation, anyone with the keys can create fake transcripts by creating messages with the same metadata, same nonce, different content.
because of this, no transcript can be proven to be the correct transcript. the trade-off is you don’t get forward secrecy on the per-message level, but you get it per-conversation.
another detail is that there is no identity, so all the above aside, there’s also no way to prove who sent which message.