From dd780f8d806afae29db5c7173d3e3a9eb1bcfb2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sandakersmann Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 00:27:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] This type of data is called metadata --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7a161d04..0ea6144b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication, which means that the sender of a -message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the +message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide metadata, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs.