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For private messages do we need something special like p.o. box? #6

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arj03 opened this issue Apr 13, 2022 · 2 comments
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For private messages do we need something special like p.o. box? #6

arj03 opened this issue Apr 13, 2022 · 2 comments

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arj03 commented Apr 13, 2022

Right now we use:

Private messages are encrypted as box2 using using the group key slot.

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@cryptix cryptix changed the title For private messages to we need something special like p.o. box? For private messages do we need something special like p.o. box? Apr 13, 2022
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cryptix commented Apr 13, 2022

Just for reference: https://github.com/ssbc/private-group-spec/tree/v1.1.1/po-box

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arj03 commented Jun 29, 2022

I think it makes the most sense to encrypt it similar to p.o. box. The distinction between group and identity is a bit fuzzy here. But would rather use group for private groups only. There is only 1 slot for that one. So doing this as a group means we can't both encrypt to a group and a fusion identity which would be a shame if we want to add the fusion identity to a group.

This requires some changes:

FIXME: where is 3.1 used from https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-bfe-spec#3-encryption-key-formats?

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