Data and security breaches are becoming increasingly common, highlighting the vulnerabilities of existing messaging and communications platforms. Devising computational tools and systems that better protect sensitive data against malicious attacks is therefore of utmost importance.

Researchers from several institutes worldwide recently developed Quarks, a new, decentralized messaging network based on blockchain technology. Their proposed system could overcome the limitations of most commonly used messaging platforms, allowing users to retain control over their personal data and other information they share online.

  • lily33@lemm.ee
    54·
    1 year ago

    I don’t see how blockchain (in this case) adds any value over a federation like Matrix.

    • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I doubt these bozos know of federation. Hell they forgot about the existence of p2p based comms like jami.

    • FlowVoid@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This system is federated.

      The blockchain means that you can access your encrypted messages even if your server goes down.

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        you and everyone can access those encrypted messages. You are the only one that can decrypt them, sure, but as others have already mentioned, the history of encrypted messages is almost as bad as the actual content.

        • FlowVoid@midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Not everyone can access the encrypted messages. Only nodes with channel members can access them.

          And everything is encrypted apart from the timestamp, so without decryption you can’t really learn much.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        It could very well mean they didn’t want to think of all possible use-cases, so they gave blockchain the benefit of the doubt.