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Re:Berty: The privacy-first messaging app by tmikaeld on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:15AM (#33690123)
How is abuse/spam handled?

What prevents anyone from registering thousands of accounts and send messages to a single user until the account becomes unusable?

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Re:Berty: The privacy-first messaging app by ranger_danger on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:18AM (#33690144)
how is that handled in other p2p apps like Briar, Status or Session?
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Re:Berty: The privacy-first messaging app by giphyman on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:43AM (#33693794)
I responded to a similar question in the recent Briar thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33686094#33692201

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Re:Berty: The privacy-first messaging app by Tepix on Monday November 21, 2022 @08:16AM (#33692137)
You could use a system like hashcash to approve new unknown contacts if that starts being a real issue.
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Re:Berty: The privacy-first messaging app by weberer on Monday November 21, 2022 @01:20PM (#33695920)
It is peer-to-peer. If someone keeps spamming you from the same IP address, then you can block that address. If you're getting spammed from multiple IP addresses, then you're essentially getting DDOS'd and there's nothing you can do aside from blocking unknown senders.
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