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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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