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I woke up in the middle of the night and started thinking about deniable nostr notes, notes that do not have a signature so you can’t prove someone actually wrote it if it gets leaked from a private relay.

The idea is simple: you use your key to AUTH when connecting, after doing that, all notes sent are unsigned. The relay can verify its you but notes sent afterward have no signatures.

This is a “trusted” relay mode, no clients can know for sure if the person wrote said notes, but said persons get deniability if the data leaks. The notes are also protected from rebroadcasting to public relays because there are no signatures.

I wonder if anyone is interested in something like this? As long as it’s very clear on the UI that the notes are not verified?

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S P A C E . S H E L L 1y ago

Loving the anon side of this, I have a feeling that this could lead to a lot of spam being pumped into the network? Any ideas on mitigation?

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jb55 1y ago

unsigned notes can’t be pumped into the network. If you connected to one of these trusted relays today most clients would reject the messages. They can’t be spread to public relays because they have no signatures.

You can spam the network with signed notes just the same anyways.

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