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		gizzlon on Aug 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Tent - the decentralized social web So if that entity wants, they can boot you off and pretend to be you. They could shut you down, but I don't think they could pretend to be you since they don't have your private key..

icebraining on Aug 23, 2012 [–]

That's my point; it's why I prefer public/private keys as ids instead of network addresses.

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