[cap-talk] Webkeys vs. the web

[Karp, Alan H]

Raoul Duke wrote:
> 
> apologies, i guess fundamentally i do not grok the basic idea / use
> cases. it doesn't seem like there really is a way to have the cake and
> eat it too, to me. the discussion around web keys has always befuddled
> me because on the one hand these are *keys* and on the other hand
> people can just copy and paste them?!?!
>
Exactly my point.  Although webkeys are URLs that can be shared, I believe that the user interface must treat them differently.  In other words, when it comes to webkeys, we can either eat our cake or have it, but not both.

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