Bluesky's PLC directory now has an independent Swiss association
First Steps of the PLC Organization – Independent Public Ledger of Credentials
The Public Ledger of Credentials Organization is now a registered Swiss association, taking the first administrative steps to independently run the PLC directory that manages AT Protocol account updates. Its initial board includes security and cryptography experts from Let's Encrypt, Google, Bluesky, W3C, and ICANN. Funded by a bootstrap payment from Bluesky Social PBC, the organization will next define policies and prepare to take over directory operations.
These updates are signed with cryptographic keys that the directory does not control, so the directory server can't tamper with the information that is posted.
- ACCount39
This might be one of the closest things I've seen to actually being able to own your account - instead of having it not just owned by a second party in every way that matters, but also beholden to a third party via an e-mail or a phone number you can't possibly own in any meaningful way.
That's pretty important in a world where the likes of Google can and will just reject your attempt to log in with a valid password on the grounds of "we don't like you", and force you to "confirm" yourself using a phone number that's defunct since 2009.
The issue is, as often is the case, adoption.
- birdsongs
Just curious, how is this different from something like a PGP key server?
- jdw64
I came in thinking it was P(rogrammable) L(ogic) C(ontroller), but this is something I've never seen before. Is there anyone who could explain this PLC to me?