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Do other message protocols / apps solve this meta-data problem as well? As I understand it a mobile to mobile protocol will need to send a message between app
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
Do other message protocols / apps solve this meta-data problem as well?
As I understand it a mobile to mobile protocol will need to send a message between app on phone on cell tower, through ISP, all of which presumably are open to similar government persuasion.
I know its not as egregious as email headers, and email is distributed but the basics seem similar.
- tptacek 5y agoYes, this is a problem Signal was designed to address. It's interesting to note that many other secure messengers don't handle this much better than email does; they store serverside contact lists, so when you sign into your account your buddy list is immediately populated. Which means they're storing a graph of who talks to who, in a centralized location.