KYCNOT.me 3rd anniversary update (kycnot.me)

submitted 1 year ago by pluja@lemmy.world to c/monero@monero.town

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Hi all, I'm pluja maintainer of kycnot.me.

Last month was the 3rd anniversary of kycnot.me! It's amazing that it's been 3 years since the first commit was made. I felt like it deserved a good update on the UI and UX. In the past 3 months, I've been working hard on a complete rewrite of the site. I wanted to give it a decent upgrade for the 3rd anniversary.

If you are interested in the details of the rewrite, take a look at the blog post I wrote. Here are the most important bits of this update:

New image / UI - I've designed a new logo and color palette for kycnot.me. I think it looks pretty cool and cypherpunk. I'm not a graphic designer, but I think I did a decent work and I put a lot of thinking on how to make it pleasant for the user!
Point system - The new point system provides more detailed information about the listings, and can be expanded to cover additional features across all services. Anyone can request a new point!
ToS Scrapper: I've implemented a powerful automated terms-of-service scrapper that collects all the ToS pages from the listings. It saves you from the hassle of reading the ToS by listing the lines that are suspiciously related to KYC/AML practices. This is still in development, and it will improve for sure, but it works pretty fine right now!
Search bar - The new search bar allows you to easily filter services. It performs a full-text search on the Title, Description, Category, and Tags of all the services. Looking for VPN services? Just search for "vpn"!
Transparency - To be more transparent, all discussions about services now take place publicly on GitLab. I won't be answering any e-mails (an auto-reply will prompt to write to the corresponding Gitlab issue). This ensures that all service-related matters are publicly accessible and recorded. Additionally, there's a real-time audits page that displays database changes.
Listing Requests - I have upgraded the request system. The new form allows you to directly request services or points without any extra steps. In the future, I plan to enable requests for specific changes to parts of the website, and even reporting issues with services.
Lightweight and fast - The new site is lighter and faster than its predecessor!

The new site and all the features that come with it are something I put a lot of hard work into. I'm happy it's finally coming out.

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[-] Saki@monero.town 9 points 1 year ago

While no info can't be absolute, what you're trying to do is truly appreciated. Thanks! You're also having awesome-privacy, right? That's awesome too, even though again no info can't be absolute. Keep up the great work!

[-] pluja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your kind words!

Yep, I'm also behind 'awesome-privacy'! You're right, no info can be absolute, but that's not what I'm aiming for. My goal is to gather information in one single place, so anyone can quickly find it and make informed choices based on their own deep dives.

[-] library_napper 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see you have anonshop but not proxystore.

You should probably add https://proxysto.re

[-] pluja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice suggestion, will add it later

[-] opt9@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

I know proxysto.re and like it a lot, but what is anonstore? I looked it up but couldn't find anything.

[-] library_napper 4 points 1 year ago

A US based proxy shop. You send a link to a product on Amazon, an amazon locker, and Montero. They buy the product with fiat and ship to the locker for anonymous purchases.

The original intent was to buy hardware wallets while minimizing the risk of maliciously installed implants due to targetsed interdiction attacks.

There's literally a link to them on this site

[-] opt9@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks

[-] VolunTerry@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago

Congrats on the anniversary for the site. The UI and UX update looks good and works well. The site is very useful and all your contributions to the community are appreciated. Keep up the great work!

[-] libreman@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago

Hello. Tell me please, your site in I2P is not working? I tried to go yesterday and it is not working

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your service. I discovered it last month and love it. Its a very helpful resource

[-] Privacy@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for what you are doing. This kinda information is needed and should be more known. I will push it to my social media channels (mastodon and bluesky)