exactly. they essentially become no different than the state, hoarding information.
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The state also has full and immediate access to the information they store. It's like we're signing up to an NSA subscription.
At least we save the taxpayers the bother of running those big data centers. 😂
Also, easiest way to break group encryption is to get yourself invited to a group. If a group never deletes anything from its relays, then someone added much later can see eeeevvvveeerrryyyttthhhiiinnnnhgg.
as guys, we don't really truly understand how devastating this kind of breach could be unless we have sisters or cousins or other loved ones who've had to deal with this kind of pyscho stalker behavior.
even then it's only from a second hand account...