Re: [Ring] distinct ring-ID for each contact?

[Greg Troxel]

Daniel Pocock <address@hidden> writes:

> Has anybody looked at the possibility of generating a distinct ring ID
> for each contact?
>
> Currently, if some of your contacts are backing up their contact lists
> to one of the larger cloud services, the cloud service can quickly join
> the dots and see who knows who.

Related, I have long wondered about the privacy implications of the DHT.

Suppose I create a single ring id.  I then don't tell it to anyone, and
I don't make or receive any calls.  But I stay registered all the time.

This would seem to result in association of that id with my IP addresses
as I move around.

Am I confused on this point?  Is there a security analysis available
which explains to what degree various adversaries could track me?

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