RE: Conversations on Ecency.

[ura-soul]

Ok, I don't know anything much about how Nostr handles chat - is there a link you can point me to that describes the system you are using in more depth? It's good for me to know, but I also need to be able to explain it others in ways that they can trust and check. Thanks!

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[ecency]

Nothing complicated, there is user key and messages are encrypted before they are sent to server. Almost all encrypted chats work similar way, you can learn more here: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/04.md

[ura-soul]

Ah thanks, ok - I see their warning here:

Security Warning
This standard does not go anywhere near what is considered the state-of-the-art in encrypted communication between peers, and it leaks metadata in the events, therefore it must not be used for anything you really need to keep secret, and only with relays that use AUTH to restrict who can fetch your kind:4 events.

I think this is important for people to understand. I will take a deeper look at their model.