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OK, so the messaging app is a fork of Signal that uses arbitrary IDs instead of phone numbers. That alone is a huge win for me. But what I find most interestin
by mirimir 7y ago
OK, so the messaging app is a fork of Signal that uses arbitrary IDs instead of phone numbers. That alone is a huge win for me.
But what I find most interesting is its built-in anonymity. Like Tor, it uses an onion routing network where only entry nodes see users' IP addresses. Users are anonymous from the swarms that cache messages, and also from other users. Except of course for the ID, both that's not tied to anything in meatspace.
Edit: The onion routing network is Loki, which I gather is a fork of ZeroNet.