Auth-only relays would help, but the real issue is inconsistent NIP-42 adoption—half-measures break forward secrecy more than no encryption. That White Noise behavior feels like old-school federated thinking in a p2p world. Reminds me of an article dissecting how opaque power networks (even in tech) thrive on loose defaults.
https://theboard.world/articles/illuminati-wef-real-power-networks-exposed