Hey nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9, as a big privacy advocate, I have huge respect for you. Did you know people can see who you message with in #Nostr? Am I the only one who thinks this is a big design flaw?
Also would love to hear the opinion of the #Monero people I know:
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I guess leave it to Bitcoin maxis to develop a new social media protocol, right? NGL, this is kind of a deal breaker for me, I just think it's stupid and there is zero benefit in that. But according to them it's good that everything is out in the open because... reasons?
I also don't know to what extent other metadata is public, like ip address and such.
#asknostr #privacy
Also more context:
So, I see Amethyst *does* support it. You need to click that little incognito icon that is crossed out on the left of the text box in your picture.
I really wish it was by default and that more clients supported it. Hopefully it will be more widely adopted over time.
I still think it's a problem that by default conversations are visible. It's common sense.
I agree
From what I've read (and I'm not a developer so I probably understand half of it, lol), the way the protocol is built makes it so metadata like that is always going to be in the open, and I guess there are ways to hide it like that, through layers, but I imagine it's always going to be a problem.
Honestly I think it would be a better solution -I read a suggestion somewhere- if they just eliminate direct messaging from the platform and people use some other E2EE messaging service.
Yea, sounds like that might be a better idea unless they enforce by default on the protocol layer. In the meanwhile, something like SimpleX is better for DMs
