This is a great idea. Now I can tell girls we're all safe because we're using this app, and record as much as I want.
Then come home and use my iPad to record playback. Perfect plan! Win-Win!
Show HN: Rumuki, a prenup for sex tapes
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#172Although a bit flawed for it's current use case, it's a great idea, there are likely many other use cases for mutual authorization.
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#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
Totally irrelevant. The response to Dropbox you describe was "meh, easily done with existing tools". The analog hole response is "no app can provide what users would assume this app provides" I think the comparison to Snapchat is more relevant: Snapchat is expected to provide only temporary access, but cannot guarantee that. This did not impede snapchat's growth, and might not really be an issue for rumuki; however,…
His point was that why would anything stop someone from inventing something easier to use
How is this easier to use? compared to what?
Re: Show HN: Rumuki, a prenup for sex tapes
#174This is a good idea. Ignore the people saying it doesn't have a use.
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#175I like it, but I don't see people paying for it. Your market is mainly women in relationships. I don't know how you would get them to download it and actually use it. The best marketing angle would be to get a high profile celeb to get behind it, maybe one that has had a sex tape leak. Honestly, even then, I don't know how much they would use it. It sounds sexist, but women (on a large scale) just aren't into this ty…
Isn't the market actually guys who are trying to convince a girl to trust them?
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#176i observe it was written in Haskell https://github.com/rumuki/rumuki-server/tree/master/app
That code hardly does anything at all. The real heavy lifting is done in src.
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#177I think "a prenup for home videos" might be the worst marketing angle possible. It sounds like a legal contract. But, worse, it makes it sound like it's only something you should use if you don't trust the other person. Instead, they should market it as "2fa for sex tapes" rather than a trust issue by itself and point to things like "the fappening" icloud social engineering hack. I can't imagine many people using thi…
I find it funny you think "2fa" is more accessible than "prenup". Call me when I hear "2fa" in a hit rap song.
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#178Where's the legal contract part? If my video is leaked by the other party, I'd like to at least have a clear contract so I can issue takedown notices, sue for copyright damages, etc.
A contract would require a transfer of consideration...ie paying money.
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#179This is an interesting idea and a real problem.
Not sure how best to market it. Maybe "keep access within a couple" -- emphasize protection from outsiders, people who gain access to one of the couple's devices temporarily, etc.
Then, as an aside, make it so either party can irrevocably end access at any time.
Don't mention "break up" so prominently. "Pre-nup" has lots of bad connotations.
Would be cool if you could cover some other files, too (text, etc.). A way for people to collaborate on something and then delete drafts. Video and pictures are obviously a lot of it, though.
Re: Show HN: Rumuki, a prenup for sex tapes
#180I think "a prenup for home videos" might be the worst marketing angle possible. It sounds like a legal contract. But, worse, it makes it sound like it's only something you should use if you don't trust the other person. Instead, they should market it as "2fa for sex tapes" rather than a trust issue by itself and point to things like "the fappening" icloud social engineering hack. I can't imagine many people using thi…
I really strongly agree that the current messaging suggests that you should only use it if you don't trust the other person, and that it's at least partly caused by the 'prenup' language. But as a tagline, "2fa for sex tapes" doesn't really get you to a positive message. An alternative: "The safest way to share your most intimate moments." It takes what is a deeply troubling problem (revenge porn) — and turns it into…
>An alternative: "The safest way to share your most intimate moments."
Have all ways to share been exhaustively proven to be less safe?
>Share your videos as few
The nature of information is that it can be copied indefinitely (with sufficient resources).
> simply delete your video from your Rumuki app to remove access immediately, forever.
No software can guarantee such things. Why would someone claim otherwise?