Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.
Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.
I dont see why it need blockchain unless it’s needed to keep a registry. Which for day to day communication I think it’s excessive
It’s because it can’t be taken down. What happens when they arrest everyone working at signal? When they arrest you for hosting a E2E encrypted message relay?
That’s where language like this is headed.
Ethereum also recently introduced something called blobs, which is temporary data that lasts around 18 days. So it isn’t necessarily stored forever if you wanted a not as permanent message. There are archives that will keep all that as well, but it’s not maintained on the regular chain past 18d.