Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by pje » Wed, May 11, 2016, 2:18 AM UTC

Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone
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Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by indlebe » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:01 AM UTC

Moxie's been a huge inspiration for me in tech, i first discovered him through his blog post Career Advice: https://moxie.org/blog/career-advice/

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by ex3ndr » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:04 AM UTC

Not for everyone, their crypto is GPL only and GPL can't be deployed everywhere.

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by circuit_breaker » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:23 AM UTC

Watch his documentary "Hold Fast" to get a glimpse of just how unique and interesting a character he is. Anarchists yachting? Yes, more, please

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by vechernyaya » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:24 AM UTC

Oh the irony of an article about encryption on a site sans encryption.

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by wtbob » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:27 AM UTC

ex3ndr wrote: post #3

Not for everyone, their crypto is GPL only and GPL can't be deployed everywhere.

> Not for everyone, their crypto is GPL only and GPL can't be deployed everywhere.

GPL code can be used anywhere; GPL code cannot be made proprietary.

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by blablablaat » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:41 AM UTC

Not for people who don't want Google on their device.

He only wants distribution via Google, and even went as far to demand that free/libre Play-alternative F-droid removed their build of TextSecure.

See: https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by AtticHacker » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:47 AM UTC

blablablaat wrote: post #7

Not for people who don't want Google on their device. He only wants distribution via Google, and even went as far to demand that free/libre Play-alternative F-droid removed their build of TextSecure. See: https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

Huge deal breaker for me, regrettably.

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by dbalan » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:53 AM UTC

blablablaat wrote: post #7

Not for people who don't want Google on their device. He only wants distribution via Google, and even went as far to demand that free/libre Play-alternative F-droid removed their build of TextSecure. See: https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

Here is moxie's reply in that matter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10665520

Re: Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone

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Post by sandebert » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:56 AM UTC

wtbob wrote: post #6

ex3ndr wrote: post #3

Not for everyone, their crypto is GPL only and GPL can't be deployed everywhere.

> Not for everyone, their crypto is GPL only and GPL can't be deployed everywhere. GPL code can be used anywhere; GPL code cannot be made proprietary.

Well, no. You could have a situation where there's a policy in place forbidding installing GPL-licensed products. (I don't have any info about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case at Microsoft a while ago.)

EDIT: I'm getting downvotes and don't understand why. I'm seriously interested, can someone explain the reason?