Post #2478173

2026-04-23 21:33 UTC

@lumi@snug.moe @mollyim@fosstodon.org yes that is how my code works which forks libsignal but it would be a significant change from signal's current architecture and i'm not sure how onboard the molly project would be for that (meredith whittaker fwiw has been supportive of my research but i don't think she's wrong to identify it a very large change that's hard to justify given signal's current model). if they are, then i'd love to help see that through. but right now, the server helps to enforce cryptographic requirements and that would need to be changed. it's not a terribly large one and your assumption is correct in general

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@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run 2026-04-23 21:36

@lumi@snug.moe @mollyim@fosstodon.org harassment is a problem on matrix and i would hard refuse to sign off on any federation technique that fails to address the issue. signal sidesteps it with phone numbers. it's going to be a problem with molly's work if someone makes a big server like mastodon dot social. my work explicitly does not handle connection or a chat interface and avoids producing the problem of harassment but does not solve it. i have ideas here but harassment is a form of ddos and needs to be addressed

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