• Lojcs@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Is that really how it works? I thought signal protocol was about just how the encryption worked, not what is encrypted?

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          1 year ago

          The server doesn’t need to know or keep track of who’s sending a message to deliver it. If you don’t trust signal to not lie to the court about not collecting such metadata, I can’t convince you otherwise. But there’s a merit in designing your system so that such collection is as hard as possible.

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              1 year ago

              Are you’re familiar with how singal’s servers work? Even I can think of a system where all messages are collected in a common pool before being distributed, the actual security researchers that made signal surely thought of something better.

              How does FISA make it legal for singal to lie to a court about what information they have? Please enlighten me

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      1 year ago

      I guess that’s right. Although I’m (most likely) not a person of interest for any secret service. But the data could be interesting for marketing and insurance companies.