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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by olah_1 on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:48PM (#29053801)
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.

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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by jiggunjer on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:38AM (#29054944)
what do you mean by ownership of account. You can migrate to other servers if you want? Or does that mean you lose your user ID which is tied to a provider/domain?

Isn't registering an account necessary to avoid impersonating? how does Status ensure a stable user ID?

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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by olah_1 on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:10PM (#29059456)
It’s actually quite brilliant on Status.

Everyone gets a random super long number for an ID. Your friends can assign your name when they add you as a contact (just like phone numbers). And then you can also get a globally recognizable name like ENS domains if you want to pay a little. It’s like a vanity plate on a car.

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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by jiggunjer on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:30PM (#29062496)
but what prevents me from using your ID? I'm guessing something like a blockchain.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by olah_1 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:39AM (#29081934)
It’s just a random keypair. You can’t use my ID because you would only see my public key.

https://specs.status.im/spec/2#initial-key-generation

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