The Nostr Report, a Nostr-focused news channel, described the following sequence of events in its April 30, 2023 report.
“@dergigi discovers a “DM Reporter Bot” that posts leaked metadata from DMs including sender, receiver, time sent, and relay.””It appears that specific npub stopped posting shortly after dergigi shared it.””It’s a good reminder that although the contents of DMs can only be seen with the corresponding private keys, #nostr DMs are still not a great solution for private messaging.”Last post by ‘DM Reported Bot.’
Although the issue was already known, the event ignited new discussions about possible solutions to the problem.