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> If you use our servers for illegal activity, law enforcement can still investigate. They just can't start with "who owns this account" because we can't answer that question.

You're going to have a tussle with law enforcement, and you're going to lose. Your service will last < 2 years because you will not be able to afford the lawyers you need to defend against even one muscle move by the government.

Good luck!

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Why? That's kind of the whole point of this: they can cooperate entirely and give them everything they have. You think they'll get into legal trouble because they aren't gathering data?

You ever heard of the phrase “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”? These guys are gonna discover what that means really quickly.

There are a number of companies/products that operate under this principle (mullvad and signal come to mind). Are you saying all of those are futile and misleading? Or are you saying that you expect they all have significant money and legal teams to defend against a crooked cop's thirst for vengeance for not responding the way they wanted during an investigation?

I’m saying it’s only a matter of time before they get Pavel Durov’ed.

No, this is a brilliantly original way to prevent legal action that has never been previously conceived of in the history of the internet.

Good old "we can't decrypt your laptop but we can repeatedly smash your head into the table until you start cooperating"

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