OpenDescent Blog https://open-descent.com/blog/ Essays, explainers, and editorial notes from OpenDescent on encryption, peer-to-peer architecture, and the privacy news cycle. Because normal life is worth keeping private. en-gb © 2026 OpenDescent · MIT licensed Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1440 OpenDescent https://open-descent.com/favicon.png OpenDescent Blog https://open-descent.com/blog/ 256 256 When a Government's Own "Secure" Messenger Gets Scraped https://open-descent.com/blog/government-messaging-breach.html https://open-descent.com/blog/government-messaging-breach.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Editorial Privacy Age Verification Is Quietly Becoming Mass Surveillance https://open-descent.com/blog/age-verification-surveillance.html https://open-descent.com/blog/age-verification-surveillance.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Policy Regulation The 2026 War on End-to-End Encryption https://open-descent.com/blog/war-on-encryption-2026.html https://open-descent.com/blog/war-on-encryption-2026.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Policy Encryption You Can't Backdoor a Network That Has No Operator https://open-descent.com/blog/no-operator-no-backdoor.html https://open-descent.com/blog/no-operator-no-backdoor.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Explainer Architecture Discord Hit Pause on Age Verification. That Tells You Everything. https://open-descent.com/blog/discord-age-verification-delay.html https://open-descent.com/blog/discord-age-verification-delay.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Editorial Regulation May 8: The Day Meta Admitted It Wants to Read Your DMs https://open-descent.com/blog/instagram-dms-may-8.html https://open-descent.com/blog/instagram-dms-may-8.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Editorial Privacy Meta Your Group Chat Is Not Content https://open-descent.com/blog/group-chat-is-not-content.html https://open-descent.com/blog/group-chat-is-not-content.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Manifesto Privacy We'll Never Ask for Your Phone Number: Here's Why https://open-descent.com/blog/no-phone-number.html https://open-descent.com/blog/no-phone-number.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Product Identity What "Peer-to-Peer" Actually Means (And Why Most "Private" Messengers Aren't) https://open-descent.com/blog/what-peer-to-peer-means.html https://open-descent.com/blog/what-peer-to-peer-means.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Explainer Architecture Mandatory Age Verification Is a Privacy Disaster by Design https://open-descent.com/blog/age-verification-privacy-disaster.html https://open-descent.com/blog/age-verification-privacy-disaster.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 OpenDescent Team Policy Regulation