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by tptacek 883 days ago
I'm not sure I follow. What is the degree of assurance the cryptographic version of this web page can provide that a UUID and a database can't? Remember, the web page can itself surreptitiously decrypt anything Alice or Bob encrypt or decrypt.
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Zero, unless you host it yourself.

Agreed, not practical but a bit more involved (both simpler and more complicated) than a UUID KVS.