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iblablelbli
on Oct 18, 2022
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The AT Protocol
that's an interesting question, I think spam is part of how... for a proper answer I would look at how SMTP has evolved over time.
grishka
on Oct 18, 2022
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SMTP started without proper authentication so anyone could spoof anyone's address. Most of those extensions try to fix this. But ActivityPub, for example, has authentication built-in from the beginning in the form of HTTP signatures.
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