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Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by danpalmer »

m1cky wrote: post #3

Wow Marc, thanks! Hey HN, Wave (^‿^)ﾉ is privacy-focused instant messenger designed to keep the nature of conversation fun and fleeting. No other messaging platform offers complete messaging peace of mind by being totally anonymous. The app offers two message types: WaveFlash: 10 words or less - message displayed word-by-word rapidly. WaveLength: 1000 characters or less - tap anywhere to close the message when read.…

What sort of usage/user are you going after?

I feel like I couldn't use this for serious messaging (things closer to email), but also that it's too limiting for my frequent communication with my partner and close friends or family. There are elements of Snapchat in this, but my impression of Snapchat was that the success was in large part because the pressure of crafting a great photo for FB/IG was lessened. Do people have that anxiety with text? I'm not sure.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by kelnage »

indutny wrote: post #7
m1cky wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app utilises AES encryption method using this library: https://github.com/RNCryptor/RNCryptor .

Any additional details on how encryption and key generation scheme looks like?

Or, more importantly, how does key exchange work? You can’t really claim to be totally anonymous without explaining these details.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by aboutruby »

danpalmer wrote: post #8
m1cky wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app utilises AES encryption method using this library: https://github.com/RNCryptor/RNCryptor .

Is the encryption end to end, or is the key known to the server?

Seems like there is a "password" required to encrypt/decrypt but the app's descriptions says:

> - No Sign Up / Log In / Usernames / Passwords.

So I'm guessing this password is stored server-side and the passwords are associated to device ids.

Seems like it would read your contacts and then send them to their servers too, not a fan of doing that personally.

I'm not sure why the app mentions encryption/security as it seems far from being the main point of the app.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by m1cky »

danpalmer wrote: post #11
m1cky wrote: post #3

Wow Marc, thanks! Hey HN, Wave (^‿^)ﾉ is privacy-focused instant messenger designed to keep the nature of conversation fun and fleeting. No other messaging platform offers complete messaging peace of mind by being totally anonymous. The app offers two message types: WaveFlash: 10 words or less - message displayed word-by-word rapidly. WaveLength: 1000 characters or less - tap anywhere to close the message when read.…

What sort of usage/user are you going after? I feel like I couldn't use this for serious messaging (things closer to email), but also that it's too limiting for my frequent communication with my partner and close friends or family. There are elements of Snapchat in this, but my impression of Snapchat was that the success was in large part because the pressure of crafting a great photo for FB/IG was lessened. Do peopl…

Hi!

The original idea was to have short messages that disappear after being read so that people only send you relevant details.

I want to add more features and more way to communicate in the future.

The fact that it doesn't tell you when someone is typing and you don't get notified when someone unsends a message reduced a lot of anxiety.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by m1cky »

amelius wrote: post #9
m1cky wrote: post #3

Wow Marc, thanks! Hey HN, Wave (^‿^)ﾉ is privacy-focused instant messenger designed to keep the nature of conversation fun and fleeting. No other messaging platform offers complete messaging peace of mind by being totally anonymous. The app offers two message types: WaveFlash: 10 words or less - message displayed word-by-word rapidly. WaveLength: 1000 characters or less - tap anywhere to close the message when read.…

> Any unread message can be unsent without notifying the receiver. So you can test whether the recipient read your message by simply sending+unsending the message until you can't unsend anymore? :)

I'm not sure I fully understand the question but you the only limitation to the unsend feature is the message being 'read'. You can send and unsend as many times as you like.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

amelius wrote: post #9
m1cky wrote: post #3

Wow Marc, thanks! Hey HN, Wave (^‿^)ﾉ is privacy-focused instant messenger designed to keep the nature of conversation fun and fleeting. No other messaging platform offers complete messaging peace of mind by being totally anonymous. The app offers two message types: WaveFlash: 10 words or less - message displayed word-by-word rapidly. WaveLength: 1000 characters or less - tap anywhere to close the message when read.…

> Any unread message can be unsent without notifying the receiver. So you can test whether the recipient read your message by simply sending+unsending the message until you can't unsend anymore? :)

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