====== Metadata Resistance ======

> //"We kill people based on metadata." ---Former CIA and NSA Director US General Michael Hayden//

===== Explanatory Examples Of Metadata Leaks =====
  * IP address is visible to all servers you directly contact
  * IP address is public in P2P networks such as Bittorrent, Scuttlebutt, Ring, Tox, etc.
  * Fact (and size) of the interaction between people is public



//(To Say More)//

===== Active Metadata-Resistant Crypto Projects =====

//(To explain further)//

  * Ricochet
  ** Cwtch
  * Briar

===== Concepts and Structure Of Metadata-Resistant Design =====

Similar to how the internet is built layer-by-layer, each one using the guarantees of the previous layer to establish more reliable data-transmission capabilities, Metadata-Resistant Applications build on the guarantees of the previous layer to provide more capabilities, while showing that their capabilities do not break privacy.


===== External Links =====

* [[https://openprivacy.ca/|The Open Privacy Research Society]] ([[http://openpravyvc6spbd4flzn4g2iqu4sxzsizbtb5aqec25t76dnoo5w7yd.onion/|Tor Hidden Service]])