[guardian-dev] [Guardian-internal] Fwd: Messaging Moving Forward

[Nathan of Guardian]

On 07/30/2013 01:55 AM, Timur Mehrvarz wrote:
> Because WebRTC is about direct browser-to-browser communication,
> anonymity is not what it provides. 
This is my main concern, especially with the recent revelations about
how important traffic analysis (aka "metadata") is in online surveillance.

More specifically, I have worked with activists in other countries who
have been detained, deported or questioned, simply based on who they
were communicating with, and not what they were saying.

While the idea of peer-to-peer always seems great initially, if you are
unable to route that through Tor, or bounce it off a middle mix server
of some sort to mask end-points, I hesitate from adopting that as a tool
for activists and journalists, say, who need to protect their networks
and sources.

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