Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform • Hacker News Board

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

#11

Post by qorrect » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:17 PM UTC

I still don't know what's wrong with IRC.

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

#12

Post by rex_lupi » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC

why would I want yet another chat platform when there's already Matrix/IRC/XMPP/telegram/signal, and oh yes, Whatsapp etc?

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

#13

Post by lemonspat » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC

This looks promising. Is there a web client, or only a desktop client?

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by cutehax » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC

runawaybottle wrote: post #4

olah_1 wrote: post #3

Have there been any breakthroughs recently? Or just sharing to share?

Think of it this way, if 4chan wasn’t a website, no one would allow it to exist. Web technology has a certain responsibility, so I think all the alternative communication tech is in response to the theme of this week.

Agreed, context here is timely for sure. Large groups perhaps trying to secretly coordinate online to stage an '' event''? Web technologies for this are abundant; and yet so very easily infiltrated. End to end encryption is redundant if you've no idea who to trust.

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by lemonspat » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:20 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #7

Looks nice. Sorely lacking image uploads though, just seems like a decentralized IRC that looks like Slack at the minute.

Image uploads are nice, but can be overcome through other channels until the feature is added. The page says that the project is "super young"

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by based2 » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:27 PM UTC

qorrect wrote: post #11

I still don't know what's wrong with IRC.

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/113532/how-is-i...

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by hu3 » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

qorrect wrote: post #11

I still don't know what's wrong with IRC.

Different goals. IRC needs a central server. This is peer-to-peer.

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by tomcam » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:33 PM UTC

ve55 wrote: post #9

I like the idea but I think there's probably a few too many chat apps going around already as well.

Which ones should be eliminated?

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

#19

Post by g8oz » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:36 PM UTC

Just the place to plan a second attack on the Capitol.

Re: Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackable chat platform

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Post by Yoric » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:38 PM UTC

rex_lupi wrote: post #12

why would I want yet another chat platform when there's already Matrix/IRC/XMPP/telegram/signal, and oh yes, Whatsapp etc?

I should add that Matrix p2p has been demonstrated. My understanding is that it's not ready for prime time just yet, but it works.