In-reply-to » @prologic @bender @eapl.me I think opening another file is a bad idea because it adds complexity to the clients, breaks the single feed and I think keeping legacy clients will be more complex to add new features in the future. A modern approach is important. I'll be honest, I'm a bit tired of the fight around the direct message. Perhaps, we can remove it as an extension and use the alternative @prologic . My suggestion apparently doesn't like to the community. I have no problem with remove it.

@eapl.me@eapl.me This is one of my concerns too. The moment you post publicly ciphertext, you open yourself up for future attacks on the ciphertext, which you really want to avoid if you can. If you have a read of the Salty.im Spec youโ€™ll note we went to great lengths to protect the userโ€™s privacy as well as their identity and make it incredibly hard to guess at inboxes. Itโ€™s still a WIP, but Iโ€™d love to see it progressed even further โ€“ I truly feel strongly about a purely decentralised messaging ecosystem ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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