Oddbean

It's worth noting though, exactly the same considerations will apply to #Element and the decentralised #Matrix network seems to protect them from it. Of course Matrix has some big out of town backers like #Mozilla on their side at chat.mozilla.org but I see no reason Simplex could reach out in the same way. In fact it's a really good idea. One of the reasons organisations can't block Element is because they can't block Mozilla. That alliance has made them almost censorship proof. #chat #securechat #dex

Step 1. Jurisdiction passes law restricting encrypted secure social platforms, requiring back doors, etc. Legislation has criminal penalties for non compliance. Step 2. Jurisdiction will take 1-2 years to "police the perimeter" and identify entities within scope of the legislation. Step 3. Ban-Hammer nails down non compliant platforms, enforcement phase. Usually 3-4 years after passing of legislation. We are (in UK, Canada, aus, EU, ) currently in step 2. Mozilla and all other entities may bring enforcement matters to court however once a law is passed it's really hard to argue against it. Judges enforce the laws and interpret them. I wouldn't assume mozzila backing protects from 1984 government. Problem is most of those entities are doxxed and thus have balls to grab. Government will grab them and squeeze. solution : don't be doxxed. dont use legal entities like foundations or not for profits for your projects. Do them a-la-satoshi and give a finger to the central state

Interesting you say that. No one seems to know who wrote #retroshare which seems to worry some people, but you may be right. Some think the developer of #muwire -the #i2p based client - abandoned the project rather than kowtow to #Govt

I was not aware of either of those projects. Thank you. The way to dev is to dev without a governable structure (no company, foundation, not for profit, etc) and anonymously. Strange to think simple messenger apps may be targets for gov intervention .

It's worth noting, there are completely censorship resistant communication systems, but they're more effort. If I send you the public key by email and then send the private key as a QR code later, no one else even knows the server exists. https://image.nostr.build/51cea1ed61b5f2cbd775cc6bc4d9fb4b2fce03db8e34b9c42428027009380c2c.png