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Re:Technology preview: Sealed sender for Signal by Terretta on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:36AM (#18345118)
> I think you might be missing the point on what is meant by discovery here. This is not about random strangers talking to you, but about the issue that you have signal, your friend has signal, but even though you're already in each others phone books you can't talk to each other because you haven't exchanged pseudonymous pointers.

On the contrary, this is precisely the discovery many users do not want. 1. Someone you know can discover you’re using this channel. 2. You can’t use the same channel both overtly and with deniability. I should be able to have as many faces for speech as I choose.

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Re:Technology preview: Sealed sender for Signal by Certhas on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:28PM (#18348136)
If everybody is using encrypted technology 1. isn't a discovery anymore. Your entire argument is built on assuming that encryption for everyone will never happen. And that is factually incorrect.

If you need deniable encryption today use WhatsApp. Done.

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