Nostr DMs are not private

nostr:npub1ujm8l8mupgwvu8pye2ged78pg3huectlmm6at66x5wffgvl2fkgsygt8l4 just DM'ed nostr:npub1ehg5cqekjlj2jqqhc7z9y2sjq4am42dntahcyn225twv9xdu2m2sl5qe5t

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It’s just an automated account showing who is DMing who. The note type for DMs includes the public key of each party and an encrypted payload. There’s a calculation to estimate the size of the message based on the size of the encrypted message.

See here: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/04.md

Their challenge is to the way NIP-04 works and the disclosure of the parties involved in the DM.

Lmfao, very useful to know.

I am now a little bit more educated.

Good thing I’m an open ‘heart on my sleeve’ kinda girl 🙃