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> There are ways to discover mutual contacts privately. Such as? I don't have the URL handy but the Signal team did investigate the literature and known techni
by catamorphismic 9y ago
> There are ways to discover mutual contacts privately.
Such as? I don't have the URL handy but the Signal team did investigate the literature and known techniques for this a few years ago and found them to be nonviable.
- spappal 9y agoThis is their latest blog post on the topic: https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/ https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/
- eadmund 9y ago> I don't have the URL handy but the Signal team did investigate the literature and known techniques for this a few years ago and found them to be nonviable. Private set intersection (in which two Signal users compare contact lists to see which contacts they have in common, then trade Signal information for them) would work just fine.