LOAF - Distributed Social Networking Over Email

FamousLongAgo writes "LOAF (List Of All Friends) is an extension to email that lets you send out address book data without compromising your privacy. LOAF appends a hash-like data structure to each outgoing email, and collects similar attachments from the people who write to you. These files can be queried to see if they contain a given email address, but they can't be reverse-engineered to reveal the list of addresses used to construct them. LOAF lets you check whether someone emailing you for the first time is a complete stranger, or appears in the address books of some of your trusted correspondents. And as a decentralized application, LOAF offers an interesting alternative to current social networking sites like Orkut or Friendster."

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Re:Please go outside

[foobsr]

If you're an asshole online, you're an asshole; you're just more able to or more motivated to hide it when you're not offline.

Freudian slip ??? Unable to even think 'o_f_f_l_i_n_e' ??? :)

CC.

Re:automatic intelligence filter

[AuMatar]

There's a difference between a single typo (in other words, an honest mistake) and not being able to type english. An example of the later would be:

ths is how u tipe no englis. a/s/l

Re:Limits

[AuMatar]

I don't know why I'm biting, but

BS in Computer Engineering, UIUC. No masters, I'm applying for phd programs next fall
1580 SAT
34 ACT
1510 GRE (out of 1600). Writing score unavailable, I'm waiting for the score report
National AP Scholar (requires completing 8 full semester equivalent AP tests while in high school, and getting a minimum score of 4/5 on all of them. A 4 is equivalent to an A in a college course)
National Merit Finalist
ACM Member of the Year, UIUC branch. Awarded for my work on the tutoring program
2nd place biology and 5th place computers JETS Illinois State championship
3rd place biology and 5th place computers WYSE Illinois State Championship (they renamed it my second year)

I'm sure I could drag up more, but this will do for now.

And your own? My guess is you're just jealous, and are making up for it by being hostile.