pull down to refresh
346 sats \ 8 replies \ @kepford OP 2 May 2023 \ on: 'DM Reporter Bot' Serves A Reminder About The Current State of Nostr DMs nostr
Important to understand how your comms work. Nostr is not a replacement for privacy messaging apps.
We kill people based on metadata
-- NSA Director General Michael Hayden
reply
Thanks for reminding me of this gem.
reply
I even made a small collage for my friends which were too lazy to move away from WhatsApp:
slides from a university lecture I attended + paper about WhatsApp leaking metadata.
I censored the logo of my university for privacy reasons
They didn't respond
reply
Yeah there was also recently a high profile case of users in India who were recently convicted because of WhatsApp
reply
With all the big social media apps rolling out E2E encrypted DMs, people will just naturally assume that DMs are private.
While you are correct, I do not expect noobs and first timers to know that Nostr DMs are horribly broken.
reply
I would argue direct messages should never be assumed to be private messages. ESPECIALLY on a social media site. I've never trusted Twitter or Facebook DMs. That is what needs to change. Something not being public doesn't mean it is secret. Of course Nostr is not really ready for the type of folks you are referring to. I don't expect normies to be on it for a long time. And that's good. Its new and rapidly changing.
reply
Facebook:
Learn more link:
They're clearly investing a lot in it. Like it or not, normies are becoming used to their DMs on social media platforms being secure. iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, etc
reply
They are getting used to being told their DMs are secure. That is my point.
The solution is to educate. If it isn't open source you are just trusting the company.
Also secure is different from private. The messages probably are secure, in that they info isn't leaked. But I don't trust these social media platforms. Like bitcoin, not your keys not your messages.
reply