Re: [dnssd] dnssd privacy draft

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Tue, 12 July 2016 01:38 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:38:24 +1000
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Subject: Re: [dnssd] dnssd privacy draft
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On 5 July 2016 at 14:58, Daniel Kaiser <daniel.kaiser@uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
> As of yet, we have mainly discussed means of pairing for users meeting
> in person; in this scenario, authentication can be easily performed by
> verifying a fingerprint. Users are already used to this workflow when
> using chat applications like "Signal".

Is that really what happens here, or is it more of a leap of faith?