## ā ļø What the heck? š§
Can someone explain to me how a person can login into #nostr #primal desktop using anyone's #npub and see private information - like list of messages? I may be missing something, but I was surprised by what I could see when I logged in using just my npub and afterwards the npub of another nostr personality. šÆ
It is stated there to be read only, but to me this raises at least serious privacy issues. Just by going to primal.net > Get Started > Npub login. š What do I know though. Just a #noob to all the new nostr updates. This alarmed me.
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npub16pā¦4ykev
2026-06-25 14:50:34 UTC
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wss://nostr.bitcoinist.orgPublished at
2026-06-25 14:50:34 UTCEvent JSON
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