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Central Deletion of Zites by Publishing a new Version of the Zite that has its Content Removed #1288

Open martinvahi opened 6 years ago

martinvahi commented 6 years ago

My current bug report is not so much of a bug report, but rather a halve-question and it's inspired from a discussion at

http://127.0.0.1:43110/Talk.ZeroNetwork.bit/?Topic:1518467842_1BGWexcsjvPpnPZVmmioZvwBBQ3WoZsWuQ/What+happens+if+the+owner+of+a+Zite+deletes+its+contents

I just came to an idea that given that the ZeroNet does not act like a version control system(or does it? I do not know yet), one way to centrally delete/censor a zite is to raid/rob/steal the secret key of the zite publisher's ID and then publish a newer version of the zite that has the censorable content removed/edited/modified.

With Windows users and automated mass malware("viruses", "antivirus software", etc.) there is probably even no need to raid the author's servers. Even if the server resides at some place other than the location of the author's workstation, the censors can first break/hack into the author's workstation and then jump to the ZeroNet server from there by using the very same connection/tunnel/keys that the zite author itself uses. With the threat that the author of the censorable zite has implemented emergency key destruction, a physical raid to get access to the author's workstation would risk triggering the emergency key destruction, but a secret penetration hack might avoid triggering the key destruction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6016ne1YM

http://127.0.0.1:43110/15qHfGtzeqZb2PJiwhtYyV3sARx8zzddMG/website_bonnet/various_files/299_GAMMA-201110-FinFisher_Product_Portfolio-en.pdf

sergei-bondarenko commented 6 years ago

I think storing of a zite history is an one way to prevent hacking (or seizing by law enforcement) author's computer and deleting the zite: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/1211