giftwraps are a way to encrypt any nostr note to someone completely privately without anyone seeing that you sent it. no metadata leakage!
I just finised first class giftwrap support in #nostrdb! this means damus ios, android, and notedeck will be getting private note support.
here's a nerdy tech demo that shows how it works:
cheers,
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Bro. Epic.
So, both users have to be on a client that supports it correct?
yeah. 0xchat and amethyst support giftwraps for things, and i'm sure lots of other clients
works in chachi DMs. since we render a bunch of content types they'll show nicely.
Pretty cool. I have no idea what that boy just said
hi will howru
imissu
ithinkaboutdamusoften
iknowudeserveasubsciptionimsorry
ijustdonthavethemeansrnhombre
whenidoiwill
saving private nostr :P
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Are we doing private subscriptions? :) we have to figure this out.
This can probably enable Facebook/Instagram like experiences. Which we’re not really possible before.
giftwraps, they're not the ultimate, but we try. all of nostr1.com supports them unthrottled. you may find, throttling kills
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I was looking for it for some time, it can be helpful to manage other's accounts. Thanks 😊
Here is a few apps that support nip-17 DMs, which require giftwraps

GitHub
Direct Messaging (DMs) · Issue #169 · nostrability/nostrability
Summary in quote form from a nostr DM User I gave up. Either it works, but is not encrypted - or it doesn't work for me, in which case I just give ...
yeah private likes is something i like on instagram stories, except ours will be actually private
Great work !
Thanks @jb55
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Would it be feasible for a subscription to ignore all private notes, just how it ignores deleted notes?
@KernelKind maybe we can have a shared secret that many people use to decrypt? When you subscribe you get sent the shared secret?