Re: [tor-dev] Questions about "Tor Messenger CONIKS integration"

2016-04-20 Thread Go
uses additional crypto mechanisms > to ensure that all data (including the public keys) associated with names > registered with CONIKS key servers isn't stored in plain. > > I hope this helps! > Best, > Marcela > > On Apr 20, 2016, at 14:28, Go wrote: > > Hi, >

Re: [tor-dev] Questions about "Tor Messenger CONIKS integration"

2016-04-20 Thread Go
the attacker won’t be able to see that you used Tor > Messenger from the mere fact that you use a certain identity provider, even > if he still could recompute your user-name from the directory. > > Hope that helps? > Ismail > > > On 19 Apr 2016, at 21:28, Go wrote: > >

[tor-dev] Questions about "Tor Messenger CONIKS integration"

2016-04-19 Thread Go
Hi, CONIKS seems to be a very useful system. Just curious: do Tor messenger users need to hand out their real identities (facebook account, twitter account, etc.) to CONIKS servers? If so it seems dangerous to put all the identities in a centralized service. If the CONIKS servers have been compro