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According to the founder of matrix, him and Moxie had a meeting a few years ago to discuss federation where Moxie debated that it wasn't ideal to create a federated protocol, that somehow it would create too many problems. Now that Signal is unable to service everyone without federation, does Moxie still hold reservations on federated protocols?

On another tangent; the Host Identity Protocol would resolve this (and countless other) security issue by simply rendering all traffic impossible to analyze in such a way. Why a big tech company like google hasn't put their men on the idea is beyond words, especially since it also elegantly solves mobility.




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