I have yet to see anyone propose plausible replacements beyond public private key encryption. And it wasn’t clear how those keys would be authenticated reliably.

I think there should be counter proposals. Not just anger. If anyone can link me to a concrete counter proposal that would be helpful for discussion purposes and spreading the word.

I’m frustrated with this topic because it’s bonkers how we just let things get this out of hand. (Sentiment manipulation on social media with impostors, kids mingling with adults in games and social media, kids mingling with adults on social media that allows pornography, absurd “are you 18?” gates that everyone mocks, but somehow also says it’s the best we can do. Etc.)

And I hate talking to nerds online about it. Because they are so submersed in how the web has worked and seem to just fear change. AND they rightfully fear the privacy and government control concerns.

Someone should have been building a privacy first solution this whole time. And now I don’t seem to see anyone doing that. The nerds are just screaming into their echo chambers. 😔

Edit: “parents should parent” does not address all of the issues.