Post #1229210
2026-04-14 19:44 UTC
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@benpate@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 19:59
@jaz @earth_walker I'm certainly not a lawyer or expert on this, and I'm sure it varies between legal jurisdictions... but I thought that US law has (some?) liability protections for "common carriers" who pass data but are unable to read it. Your ISP isn't liable for stuff you download over a secure HTTPS/SSL connection. In theory, the same *should* apply here. But still, someone may try to test it in court.
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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-04-14 20:55
@jaz @benpate @earth_walker Signal is also a centralized service controlled by a very few people with the ability to be blocked and cut off easily. I don't see E2EE fedi as competition for Signal, it's just a way to ensure comms are at least somewhat protected. Is there something complex about the implementation that makes you feel you are operating a E2EE service beyond the fact that Masto servers already do that via TLS?