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Re: WhatsApp Down in Some Regions

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Post by capableweb »

hans1729 wrote: post #23
capableweb wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, what's the problem really? A) we who regularly use those characters already know how it looks when websites don't encode stuff properly B) the crowd on HN most likely know what it means anyways, and can ignore it without loosing their mind

>(xn--allestrungen-9ib.de) >whats the problem just no

You want to explain the problem or just shit on something you don't understand? I thought we were all here to learn and discuss with good intentions, but seems you're not...

Re: WhatsApp Down in Some Regions

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Post by hans1729 »

k1t wrote: post #20
hans1729 wrote: post #16

>(xn--allestrungen-9ib.de) Jesus Christ HN, can you please use a sane charset

Isn't it best this way for security? Eg. to prevent something that looks like apple.com but is actually some weird unicode alternative

is the sane default that any internationally used website should use imo

Re: WhatsApp Down in Some Regions

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Post by kitkat_new »

luxpir wrote: post #22
capableweb wrote: post #14

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Yeah, lets replace this centralized service that goes down sometimes with another centralized service that hasn't started going down sometimes yet! OR, get people on Matrix or similar so we can actually stop jumping ship when our centralized dear service stops acting in our best interest.

Ha, I hear you. Also a fan of Matrix, but it's so not mainstream usable yet. Tried to get non tech friends on there yet?

define mainstream usable

Re: WhatsApp Down in Some Regions

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Post by Spivak »

capableweb wrote: post #14
luxpir wrote: post #10

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Same. Quick, SMS everyone a Signal link!

Yeah, lets replace this centralized service that goes down sometimes with another centralized service that hasn't started going down sometimes yet! OR, get people on Matrix or similar so we can actually stop jumping ship when our centralized dear service stops acting in our best interest.

Quick let's replace this centralized service that goes down sometimes with a group of centralized services that go down sometimes.

Matrix being federated does absolutely nothing to solve this problem since there's no failover if a user's homeserver goes down. It just limits the potential blast radius but if matrix.org went down Matrix might as well be down for most people.

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