From 5daf14e8688171ea0282273c2d59d9a57bf89af6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sarah Jamie Lewis Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:14:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bc83c57..72513b5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Cwtch: Anonymous, Decentralized, Group Messaging +# Cwtch: Privacy Preserving Infrastructure for Asynchronous, Decentralized and Metadata Resistant Applications Communications metadata is known to be exploited by various adversaries to undermine the security of systems, to track victims and to conduct large scale social network analysis to feed mass surveillance. Metadata resistant tools are in their infancy and research into the construction and user experience of such tools is lacking. We present Cwtch, and extension of the metadata resistant protocol [Ricochet](https://ricochet.im) to support asynchronous, multi-peer group communications through the use of discardable, untrusted, anonymous infrastructure.