by /u/Razorbeard · 0 votes · 17th September, 2023 17:40
This question comes after some research I made.
From an Opsec perspective we should all presume this website is operated by the NSA, but it would be interesting to have official feedback. If the admins are currently under a gag order, please ignore this message.
Does Dread log connections ? "Private" messages are stored in plaintext and freely accessible by the mods right ?
User: /u/Zunero
It's interesting to hear that this website could potentially be operated by NSA (but of course that's not true). As Paris said, we should assume all sites are compromised. Never wholeheartedly trust a site. Always have your guard up and never trust a person wholeheartedly either. Private messages aren't really "private" but it's for the right reasons. They are private in the sense that no regular user can read those messages but the Dread team can. A level of surveillance is needed by the Dread team just to keep everything under control and not have any ongoing scams going in place. It'll be pointless for them to say that our messages are encrypted because Dread is closed-source and without it being open we could never validate their claims. Anyway, any private message you want to send, you could send it via PGP :)