Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

Post by warkdarrior » Tue, Sep 02, 2025, 7:36 PM UTC

devilkin wrote: post #18

DmitryDolgopolo wrote: post #16

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- Yep. You can read our privacy policy here: https://dimadolgopolovn.notion.site/Amber-Privacy-Policy-256... - Check out the demo in the original post. - We use native API or reverse-engineer a solution depending on the platform. This approach maintains the security standard as high as the original app. Everything is done locally on your computer.

At that point calling it end-to-end encrypted is not true.

Post by DmitryDolgopolo » Tue, Sep 02, 2025, 7:39 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #17

DmitryDolgopolo wrote: post #11

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Our users (including top founders and VCs) usually trust us with the AI features because it saves time and thinking. However, you can turn off the AI features if you're into full privacy. :)

> However, you can turn off the AI features if you're into full privacy. :) I think marketing for AI should always start off with "Includes opt-in AI features should you want them" instead of just "HEY WE HAVE AI" I feel like it would make a lot of people close the browser tab much later than expected.

Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Sep 02, 2025, 7:42 PM UTC

DmitryDolgopolo wrote: post #23

giancarlostoro wrote: post #17

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> However, you can turn off the AI features if you're into full privacy. :) I think marketing for AI should always start off with "Includes opt-in AI features should you want them" instead of just "HEY WE HAVE AI" I feel like it would make a lot of people close the browser tab much later than expected.

great point

Post by j4hdufd8 » Tue, Sep 02, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

devilkin wrote: post #18

DmitryDolgopolo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- Yep. You can read our privacy policy here: https://dimadolgopolovn.notion.site/Amber-Privacy-Policy-256... - Check out the demo in the original post. - We use native API or reverse-engineer a solution depending on the platform. This approach maintains the security standard as high as the original app. Everything is done locally on your computer.

At that point calling it end-to-end encrypted is not true.

Post by magackame » Tue, Sep 02, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC

warkdarrior wrote: post #21

devilkin wrote: post #18

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At that point calling it end-to-end encrypted is not true.

What definition of "end-to-end encrypted" do you refer to, if on-device processing does not qualify? Isn't your device one of the endpoints in E2EE?