Comment by sharipova
5 years ago
1. We are based on the IPFS and Textile library, using ed25519 for signatures and aes256 for files encryption. We are planning to release tech whitepaper closer to the public launch
5 years ago
1. We are based on the IPFS and Textile library, using ed25519 for signatures and aes256 for files encryption. We are planning to release tech whitepaper closer to the public launch
What happens when the files get unpinned?
Who pins the files when my laptop is offline? Who pays for this?
What keeps my files online in the event of high node churn?
What happens if malicious nodes join the IPFS swarm and censor key/value lookups?
> What happens when the files get unpinned?
Peers who are interested in the content pin it.
- E.g. your teammates share the same files
- Your family have a shared photo album
- Your devices(mobile+desktop) share your private files
- Anytype provides nodes that store a small amount of encrypted data for free. Later we will provide an option to buy more backup space on our nodes to pin your encrypted data
- You also will be able to set up your self-hosted anytype node to pin your data
> Who pins the files when my laptop is offline? Who pays for this?
Currently, Anytype provides a small cache on our public nodes to store the last encrypted versions to mitigate offline/online problems.
You also will be able to set up your self-hosted anytype node.
> What keeps my files online in the event of high node churn?
- Peers who are interested in the content actually store it
- Anytype nodes
> What happens if malicious nodes join the IPFS swarm and censor key/value lookups
- First, you will do the local-network lookup. E.g. if you are working with your team in the same network you will be able to discover local-network nodes via broadcast msgs
- Anytype provide nodes that index the encrypted content. That nodes expose additional API that can be used to speed up P2P content discovery in that cases while being fully secure (because it is content-addressable)
Okay, so whoever wrote the text for your website is a liar.
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From your website:
> It’s free. No storage or upload limits
You said:
> You also will be able to set up your self-hosted anytype node to pin your data
> Your family have a shared photo album
> Your devices(mobile+desktop) share your private files
> Later we will provide an option to buy more backup space on our nodes to pin your encrypted data
So, it's not free. I'm paying for storage one way or another -- either by keeping it all on my always-on devices, or by paying you to pin it.
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From your website:
> Anytype works without a central server, so only you have access to your encryption keys and data. All apps run locally and exchange data directly in a peer-to-peer way without exposing it to intermediaries even when you work across devices and with others.
You said:
> Anytype provide nodes that index the encrypted content
So, when I'm not on the same LAN as the computer, Anytype is not only _not_ peer-to-peer by default, but also Anytype gets to see when people write data and learn how much data they wrote.
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