Why can I login to Snowden's account, just by using public key, i can even see his messages but all encrypted ??
Why is it so, hit me up with some good resources ??
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It's just a "see as xyz"... you're not logging in his account
With another user’s npub you can view any public content, so it’s as if you’re viewing as that person. You can’t read the direct messages but you can see who sent them. DMs lack the privacy of other apps like SimpleX and shouldn’t be used for anything you wouldn’t want accidentally leaked if another user’s nsec became compromised.
Current Nostr DMs are leaking a lot of metadata, basically you can see everything except the actual content. You can see who's DMing who and how often, etc.
There is a new proposal for DMs in the works, and if that's deemed solid, it should be much better.
Just found this, if you want to deep dive into this stuff: https://gist.github.com/staab/f8284af12450dbbdcead6e0c3ed95e2c
thanks for sharing this
Think about it. If a note is sent to Relay, and Relay sends it to everyone who wants it, then all notes in Nostr are public, except encrypted ones.