We’re not paranoid if we know who created things, the whole point of Noster, they always say trust and verify well know the history of how the Internet was created know what happened know who seeks to created better and be fine with that

It's good to be skeptical. Verify. The apps are open-source and the protocol is open-source

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I built my own client and relay so I know the CIA isn't involved in that. You could build your own too.