-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/21/13 12:26 PM, Matthew Wild wrote: > With all the talk about the details of the manifesto, one thing we > seem to mostly only mention in passing is federation with Google, > and I'm curious to gauge the opinion of people on this list. > > We are going to affect a lot of users across the network on 4th > January as we effectively disable federation with Google. Some > will inevitably be outraged, as they are unable to speak with their > friends and family members. Some will herald it as a step forward > in transitioning people away from servers with poor communication > security. > > Technically, as a server developer, it would be possible to > continue to allow Google domains as an exception (this isn't > possible with a simple white/blacklist because of Google Apps > hosted domains). Would this be a positive or negative step to > take? > > While thinking about users, let's not forget Google. If there is > any chance of them continuing to federate in any way, pushing them > away right now may not be our best move.
Matthew, thank you for raising this important issue. I would be overjoyed if Google decided to continue federation and to do so in a secure manner. Unfortunately, we do not know their plans or intentions. I shall give some further thought to the matter and post again soon. Peter - -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSjnJYAAoJEOoGpJErxa2ptHYQAJ0RtiR+aGNNtH6Qlnwxs5oQ xIXGWXmQ/moX6q+FUfK4Ik4/viuaoRxrlhVMGXtdEfmeEP9zWPg4YbcrQuwwIZ0P nUDr6c/+iYofYUYV72oLJIGLlESHTI4AiV8uVWYG3l0tHXZ2MUXaZFRczagyRcuU waXpT2TWErH3P8gSqCpQlgLF9YfnAYXPZj2v0QLMLXrdhitj9O1UbQGvAHToFRFX t8MRikNDNaSjlxesJDgYcLsMUXFsg7iUyjugn21KnpAHw30ASSlohHEDDJFVuITj x5Au3gj2LpBCPJD1gwmREzIqIrHzzZdGJwESHGtoJid6rzm+FmEofUKfY3Bk3qKZ UoAQe3rW2DLHOqm2fVf0YENpJptj6FDy6SbKRo4PTOduJJdIBU1VqjP1oxmuQ+0w Z4E8fiNI8zkbslyEgIIdv59Y109X4+gb3od6Gyd6shWy4msTexGXlPBe/kp79Se/ 9Tl0S0wxJvSaDmFbcbKPAIkNrTf2h8CXTaajfe0OgBTGrHm3BiluNMlLAONz4ECW su70A9DAQe3USZV2wMbAjCvjBCvpv6ubxalnkTmFzdBocnsq+WSVvB+x+p4m6s/k 7vvF5YuIS2l6DkAHMjem+7bxrl6sEyYy2QkPkmwFOtZe1obmRnR0EKVb4slwNRSN T/4mfX91zQwwqIdKTDC1 =G+EA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
