Paulo on Nostr: “The proxied-relay approach that Nostr takes is excellent at decentralization and ...
“The proxied-relay approach that Nostr takes is excellent at decentralization and censorship-resistance, but one thing it doesn’t do well is protect a user’s privacy by default. Because you need to connect to many different relays to communicate with most people using Nostr today, you’ll be exposing your IP address (your unique identifier on the internet) to every relay you connect to, directly associating your IP address to your digital identity on Nostr. This could be used to connect your Nostr identity with other online activity, connect multiple Nostr identities you control together without your consent, and even give the relay operators a rough idea of where you live.”
Source:
https://foundationdevices.com/2023/03/privacy-on-nostr/Published at
2023-06-08 20:45:41Event JSON
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