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Identikey : A Distributed Social Network

Online social networks — such as Facebook and Twitter — have become an essential tool for communication. Their ease-of-use and the associated network effect have made them ubiquitous. Unfortunately, they often do little to protect user privacy. Instead, they frequently sell user information to advertisers, and provide it to governments when requested. They comply with government requests for censorship, and in authoritarian states, they may be blocked entirely. This is clearly unacceptable, especially since the communication these networks facilitate often inspires needed social change. We propose Identikey, an encrypted and distributed social network. Instead of the conventional model — where user data is stored by a central entity (e.g. Facebook) — Identikey stores user data across the machines of network participants. Because the data is distributed, it cannot be easily censored or modified by the central entity. Since it is encrypted, only users intended to receive content are able to access it. We believe this system is much more censorship resistant than other social networks, while preserving user privacy.