Post #968957

2026-04-06 18:26 UTC

The Cryptographic Zombie: How Keybase Went from Privacy Darling to Zoom’s Cleanup Crew Once the ultimate geek flex for cypherpunks, Keybase promised to make PGP cryptography accessible to mere mortals. Today, it hovers in the digital ether as a &quot;zombie&quot; app. Here is the story of how a revolutionary open-sour https://schulz.dk/2026/04/06/the-cryptographic-zombie-how-keybase-went-from-privacy-darling-to-zooms-cleanup-crew/ #Misc #Privacy #Security #cryptography #nostalgia #security

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@octade@soc.octade.net 2026-04-06 18:38

It seems that projects that would empower users suffer the EEE treatment. Now propagandists are telling people to abandon PGP / GPG altogether. Even the #cypherpunks mailing list got the EEE treatment. There is a slightly similar proof system via #keyoxide. #EEE #EmbraceExtendExtinguish

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@octade@soc.octade.net 2026-04-06 18:45

"Maybe it is time to redo what keybase was meant to do – make cryptography and secure communications avaliable for everyone. " If you are not part of the fake nerd shill brigades, the fed mockingborg crew will immediately attack, obfuscate, and FUD the effort. I've seen it happen countless times: Coder: "Hey, guys, look at this new cool app I'm working on." Shills 1-100: "You can't do that. We already have this. Why would you want to to that? You're a cop/fed/shill/moron." Brainless mindslaves in the same forum: "Yeah, dude, you're a nazi. Ain't using your crapware." Secret IRC channel: "Make sure any time any one mentions this dude's project you attack, spread criticism, and FUD about it." Secret TechBro Board Meeting: "This kind of stuff threatens our business model. Pay more shills to denounce it." #MockingBorg

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