Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric...
by olah_1 on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:47PM
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Matrix system sucks because the servers are branded with domain names and the server operators have total ownership of your account.
In a network like Status or Session, you don’t need to know and don’t care who runs the node you happen to be using at a given moment.
Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric...
by unnouinceput on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:58AM
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So what you are proposing is TOR but with a twist to charge connections?
Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric...
by DocTomoe on Saturday October 30, 2021 @06:51AM
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Actually, what OP is proposing is federation, like e-Mail.
Some people do pay for their e-Mail providers today...
Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric...
by strogonoff on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:39AM
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Yes, that was the idea. Matrix does something like this for messaging.
Just make the network work based on open protocols, where anyone can run a server that interoperates with others. (Matrix.)
For the non-developer end-user, they can use one of the existing servers, who in theory could charge their users.
Yes, it would be hard to maintain branding cohesion, and the product/service would lose to a centralized service. However, transitioning to heterogenous social/messaging landscape (from current oligopolies) could make smaller services like that competitive.
IMO it’s not clear we should treat a legal/political issue with technical workarounds, it doesn’t seem sustainable.