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by sliken 3784 days ago
Not sure I'd want to be in a directory, but wouldn't mind if someone queried based on my email address.

How about a DHT where sha160(emailaddress) would return the URL I use. Could even use the mainline torrent DHT.
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JoshTriplett 3784 days ago
Brute-forcing email addresses doesn't seem particularly hard, and a mechanism like that would then allow checking for email address validity and corresponding URL.
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icebraining 3784 days ago
How would you prevent people from registering email addresses they don't own?
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