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0 pointsprabhaav8y ago0 comments

With Stealthy, everything is encrypted client side. Therefore, cloud storage acts as a 'dumb' storage for all your encrypted files.

You can store your files redundantly on S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Dropbox, and even IPFS. We just have to enable all those drivers :)

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nunyabuizness8y ago· 3 in thread

I think these are more questions about Gaia than Stealthy, but apply to any multi-user application on Blockstack:

- How are my messages to another user retrieved from my encrypted storage? - Does sending you a message push the message into your storage? - Do I (i.e., my Blockstack node) have to be online for my message to you to be retrieved later (say, the next time you're online)?

prabhaavOP8y ago

All the messages user A sends to user B is stored in user A's storage. User B poll's user A's storage for the messages.

We have offline messaging (file polling) and online messaging via WebRTC.

You don't have to be online, your contacts are polling your storage and as long as your storage is online, the messages will be sent.

prabhaavOP8y ago

Once User B receives the message, it is also stored in User B’s storage too.

We're also considering ephemeral messages so the messages aren't stored at all.

I'm curious if you all could implement some sort of "mixing service" so as to minimize metadata?

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