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I generally agree, but in the specific case of Session, the crypto scam is a feature. The crypto scam provides for the thousand or so independent nodes that mak
by caeril 5y ago
I generally agree, but in the specific case of Session, the crypto scam is a feature. The crypto scam provides for the thousand or so independent nodes that makes a ProtonMail-style law enforcement order useless.
Any centralized service like Threema is vulnerable to a court order to log, at the very least, connection metadata.
It's a LOT more expensive for LE to launch a Sybil attack on Loki than to get some bootlicking judge to compel logging and/or silent client update.
But yeah, I totally agree that the crypto scam is long-term unsustainable and Session needs to find a way for the users of Session to have to pay for Loki network access to keep it running.
To the point above, the biggest weakness of Session, by far, is that its official packages are released and signed in Australia. There is no doubt in my mind that .AU will eventually come down hard and compel signing of compromised binary releases. They HAVE to distribute official release building and signing to multiple developers around the world, and soon.