So, what do we have to do to get a Nostr Optech going? @Bitcoin Optech @David A. Harding @npub1zs07...uhyv @schmidty

Nostr relays see who connects, what they fetch, how often they post. New post on how zero-knowledge proofs fix this: Semaphore for anonymous authentication, private information retrieval for anonymous requests, Privacy Pass for rate limiting without tracking. The crypto works - what's missing is coordination to deploy. View article →

I realized that @White Noise might have the largest developer team in Nostr, we're 11 developers now. That's scary in two ways: Maybe we're growing too fast. Maybe the others are not growing fast enough. In any case, we don't have time to waste, freedom tech must be delivered at scale and quickly, if we want to save the web and its people.

New research shows 11 of 21 "secure" messaging apps leak user data to Google's push notification servers - including 4 that leak message contents. None disclosed this in their privacy policies. Signal, WhatsApp, and Threema got it right.

arXiv.org

The Medium is the Message: How Secure Messaging Apps Leak Sensitive Data to Push Notification Services

Like most modern software, secure messaging apps rely on third-party components to implement important app functionality. Although this practice re...

We're working on a MIP for private notification architecture on iOS and Android for @White Noise, please review!

GitHub

Privacy Preserving Notifications via Apple/Google · marmot-protocol/whitenoise-rs · Discussion #388

@jgmontoya has come up with a promising idea for how we can handle notifications via Apple and Google notification servers in a privacy preserving ...

New White Noise GitHub org structure: marmot-protocol is the user that now houses the: marmot spec repo, mdk rust library, marmot-ts typescript library, whitenoise-rs rust backend, whitenoise flutter frontend. This will probably break the redirect links, so update your git remote urls.

GitHub

Marmot Protocol

A protocol for private communication using Nostr & MLS - Marmot Protocol

Lightning.Pub lets you share your Lightning node with friends, family, or customers using Nostr instead of traditional server infrastructure. No DNS, SSL certificates, or reverse proxy configuration required - just Nostr relays with NIP44 encryption. It wraps LND, provides multi-user accounts with LNURL support, and automates channel management through LSP integrations. Runs on minimal hardware using neutrino. Users connect via ShockWallet by pasting an nprofile. A simpler path for Uncle Jim setups.

GitHub

GitHub - shocknet/Lightning.Pub: The Nostr Native Lightning node, share your node with nostr accounts and connect easily to webapps.

The Nostr Native Lightning node, share your node with nostr accounts and connect easily to webapps. - shocknet/Lightning.Pub

The new @GrapheneOS Android QPR1 release adds some new UI features like compressing the notification buttons and turning on/off Bluetooth with a single click. However, the WiFi button still has the same behavior as before, it opens the pop-up selector where you have to click again to turn it on/off. @Final is that expected or a missing feature? I'd love to be able to turn it off with a single click.

Tor is replacing the cryptography in the relay's encryption algorithm to use a new, researched-backed design, called Counter Galois Onion.

Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic | Tor Project

Tor is upgrading its relay encryption algorithm for improved security. In upcoming releases, Arti and Tor will both support a new encryption algori...