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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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  1. I suspect LOAF will take off... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...like a bat out of hell!

  2. The article by router_ninja · · Score: -1, Troll

    is about as boring as the LOAF I pinched just now is stinky.

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  3. Re:Please go outside by Loco3KGT · · Score: 0, Troll

    *Ability to talk to people at any time. If my friend isn't at the bar, I can't talk to him. The chance he's near his computer is much higher

    I wouldn't call that person a friend, then.

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  4. LOAF by layer3switch · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh my bad, i thought someone said, MILF.

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