Seeing lots of FUD criticizing NOSTR about revealing your IP address (mostly on the bird app).
I'm not a privacy expert so want to make sure I understand the tradeoffs correctly to respond.
Clients or relays could capture / store your IP address, but no more than other website or app you would use.. you also have the option of running clients locally such that the the client couldn't capture this information.
A relay capturing / tracking your I.P. address is a risk, but relays can choose to not store this data and you can choose which relays you want to use. If you use a VPN you aren't revealing your IP address.
Regular users of NOSTR have no more ability to capture your IP here than on any other app.
Seth For Privacy (npub1tr4…2y5g) .. does this sound accurate?
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2023-03-04 12:54:13
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npub1h3z9uaydyjrr5rwaktzt3lned3ykztktda9lv0n7n2tu9rt27neqt6z7dfPublished at
2023-03-04 12:54:13Event JSON
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"content": "Seeing lots of FUD criticizing NOSTR about revealing your IP address (mostly on the bird app).\n\nI'm not a privacy expert so want to make sure I understand the tradeoffs correctly to respond.\n\nClients or relays could capture / store your IP address, but no more than other website or app you would use.. you also have the option of running clients locally such that the the client couldn't capture this information. \n\nA relay capturing / tracking your I.P. address is a risk, but relays can choose to not store this data and you can choose which relays you want to use. If you use a VPN you aren't revealing your IP address.\n\nRegular users of NOSTR have no more ability to capture your IP here than on any other app.\n\n#[0] .. does this sound accurate?\n",
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