It is somewhat privacy preserving if "privacy" we don't mean "secrecy" (which is often the meaning in common usage), but, rather "control" and "ownership" (which is also the sense in which one should understand "privacy" in the context of the GDPR, for example).
But, still, all relays will know your IP address (unless you're using some kind of protection outside of the Nostr protocol) and all your activities are public.
Calling Nostr "privacy preserving" and "private property protocol" is rather misleading.
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I agree the privacy preserving is a stretch. For me when I think of that message I think in terms of comparison to KYC or 2FA platforms. Meaning I’m only giving up what I choose to. I will never pretend IP address, Cellular connections and etc is anything close to secure.
But the term isn’t effective and I retract the lunacy. 😀
In regards to private property. My nsec is my ownership. What I build, my social graph and time is stored as mine with that secret key. I tend to think that is private property as no one can take it from me so long as I manage it so.
Zooming out, I appreciate this conversation. I don’t pretend to be right but I do yearn to learn. 🤙🏻