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Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

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Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#11

Mods, could we have something descriptive added to the title? This single word doesn't really give me any idea what this about. Suggestions (taken from the link) Felony: Next Level PGP Felony: An open-source PGP keychain built on the modern web

I personally like it like this, but if it had to be renamed, that would be the title for sure!

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#12

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

Really love the name on a lot of levels. Do y'all get a laugh every time you do a git commit?

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#13

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

Hi! The app looks great. Can you speak a bit more about the interaction? How would two people who just downloaded Felony send an encrypted message to each other?

Here's how it works...

1. Add public keys to your buddies list— A public key is like a username - Adding someone’s public key to your buddies list lets you send them messages. You can find other public keys on markets like keybase.io and darknet.

2. Encrypt a message— Select a recipient from your buddies list and compose a message. Only your chosen recipient(s) can read the message. Encrypted messages might contain sensitive information, such as an address, document, or anything intended to be read only by intended recipients.

3. Send the encrypted message anywhere— You can send the encrypted message on any website! For example, facebook messenger, twitter direct message, or youtube. Felony is security when and where you want it.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#14

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

Really love the name on a lot of levels. Do y'all get a laugh every time you do a git commit?

.... maybe )))

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#15

Mods, could we have something descriptive added to the title? This single word doesn't really give me any idea what this about. Suggestions (taken from the link) Felony: Next Level PGP Felony: An open-source PGP keychain built on the modern web

Also, here's the link to the README file. (Nicely done!) https://github.com/henryboldi/felony/blob/master/README.md

Github's index page (TFA) shows the readme below the files listing.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#16

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

This looks like an interesting project but has a poor name choice. If it's targeted at non technical users, it may actually prevent them from using it, out of fear that just using it is illegal.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#17

Hi I'm Henry, the creator of Felony I’ve had a passion for politics, history, and programming since the age of 12 growing up in a suburb of Chicago. During my freshman year, I developed an interest in software. A couple of apps and hackathons (programming competitions) later, I was working on my own startups when I made the leap to drop out of high school to become a software engineer at a venture-backed tech startup…

You dropped out of high school your freshman year? i mean you seem smart enough to get by but uh, wow.

(fwiw i say this as a college dropout who doesnt regret it at all)

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, here's the link to the README file. (Nicely done!) https://github.com/henryboldi/felony/blob/master/README.md

Github's index page (TFA) shows the readme below the files listing.

But the direct link to the README.md file is ‘better’.

Re: Felony – An open-source PGP keychain

#20

App doesn't appear to work for me. I downloaded the precompiled windows app, and it loads a window that says "Hello React" and gives error popups too.

I haven't had time to fully test it on Windows, only Mac. The app is still in pre-release. I would love any PRs fixing this issue!
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