It's Oh So Quiet... for now
Hello all.
I'm speaking as eun today to tell you that we have not been compromised and that we are all doing well.
However, even though we have been working on some new music and we're not actually running out of ideas (there's lots to work on), most of us have lost some interest in the project as a whole due to rising real life obligations interfering with our ability to reach out to others when we can, and we will be scaling back our public communications, art posting, etc. for now. You may have noticed that we don't reply to comments and inquiries as much anymore. All other problems we may have talked about on our last post BUT the rising obligations have been already solved.
And, honestly, partly due to most of us not being in a good motivational place to engage in anything public facing right now. Now, this is not to suggest that we don't want any interactions at all, or that we have never been interested in this project in the first place. Most of us are chronically busy with other things nowadays, especially with current economic trends in the world and in our region; we can't always respond even if we do actually get a chance to have some time left over. This is mostly about our resources, not any hidden motive or lack of passion.
We're actually not looking to join any other social platforms and websites as of now, other than what is listed in our Canary.
Also, soon we will be changing our PGP public key. This means that after a certain period the old one will no longer be used to verify signed messages. We explained this on our old blog:
Our PGP key is valid for a set time only up until 02/02/2026... The reason for an expiration date is to limit the amount of sensitive information that can be decrypted with the one private key that we have. So in the event that we change PGP keys, we will let everyone know this by signing the new public key with the old key. In cases where for some reason our system gets corrupted or similar, we may not be able to retrieve our old key. So your sig files may stop working and come up as an invalid signature after this period. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE IMPLIED THAT THE SIGNED FILES HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH IN THIS CASE, JUST THAT THE SIGNATURE HAS EXPIRED. All it is, in this case, is a validation of the authenticity of the files at the time when the files were first uploaded OR when our PGP key had to be changed for whatever reason. The files [by themselves] are left intact, actually. We may change download links when the PGP key has to be changed to reflect the new PGP key change for consistency reasons. But the audio files, images, and .txt files are fine by themselves, with or without the .sig files. The .sig files are for authenticity purposes only, but their expiration does not mean the rest of the files have gone bad, just that it expired. When the .sig files expire, you can disregard them if you want.
Now that I look back, I'm wondering if we will continue to keep going on after 2026, especially with everything changing in front of us.
So, ГОМК is not shutting down, just sharing less publicly like we used to, unless we really feel like it. One of us may finally respond to some long neglected messages.
P.S. we found a better file sharing website called svoboda.center and they have an onionsite. they seem legit and prioritise censorship resistance, privacy, and more. you should check it out!