OpenADP, needs volunteers to help prevent mass secret surveillance
10 months ago
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- #decentralization
- #privacy
- Apple removed end-to-end iCloud encryption in the UK due to government demands for backdoors.
- OpenADP is an open-source alternative to Apple's Advanced Data Protection, designed to resist government backdoors by distributing trust across multiple servers in different jurisdictions.
- Governments worldwide are pressuring tech companies to weaken encryption or provide backdoors, making single-company systems vulnerable to mass surveillance.
- OpenADP uses threshold cryptography to split cryptographic secrets into shares stored on independent servers, requiring cooperation from multiple jurisdictions to access data.
- The system ensures data remains accessible even if some servers fail or are compromised, maintaining user privacy without single points of failure.
- OpenADP offers a simple user interface, hiding complex cryptography behind password-based access, similar to existing services.
- The project encourages participation from individuals, startups, and enterprises to run nodes, integrate APIs, or develop applications using OpenADP.
- OpenADP aims to balance privacy and legitimate law enforcement needs by requiring multi-jurisdictional cooperation for emergency data access.
- The system is open-source, auditable, and designed to prevent secret backdoors, offering transparency and community verification.
- OpenADP provides real-time monitoring of server health and network status, with all data publicly available for verification.