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Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

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Post by quesera » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 2:11 AM UTC

fomojola wrote: post #10

gsibble wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, I'll bite. Are your chats secured and if so using what standards? There was a good discussion about Whatsapp regarding this last week.

Femi from Hipmob here: we think we're reasonably secure. All communication to our communication network uses TLS: text, audio files or images are all encrypted in transit to/from the handset, and all authentication requests are over HTTPS. We don't read or use any UDIDs, IMEI values or other handset specific information for authentication: we generate our own identifiers (and allow the developer to specify one if the…

But you can spend all day and night reading users' private messages and photos, right?

Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

#12

Post by gsibble » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 2:19 AM UTC

fomojola wrote: post #10

gsibble wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, I'll bite. Are your chats secured and if so using what standards? There was a good discussion about Whatsapp regarding this last week.

Femi from Hipmob here: we think we're reasonably secure. All communication to our communication network uses TLS: text, audio files or images are all encrypted in transit to/from the handset, and all authentication requests are over HTTPS. We don't read or use any UDIDs, IMEI values or other handset specific information for authentication: we generate our own identifiers (and allow the developer to specify one if the…

Thank you for the interesting reply!

Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

#13

Post by gsibble » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 2:20 AM UTC

quesera wrote: post #11

fomojola wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Femi from Hipmob here: we think we're reasonably secure. All communication to our communication network uses TLS: text, audio files or images are all encrypted in transit to/from the handset, and all authentication requests are over HTTPS. We don't read or use any UDIDs, IMEI values or other handset specific information for authentication: we generate our own identifiers (and allow the developer to specify one if the…

But you can spend all day and night reading users' private messages and photos, right?

It would be more difficult to set it up to protect users' messages. Government will also come after you for not being able to tap into communications with a warrant.

It's all besides the point. This is a chat product not billed as being extremely secure. Just easy to use.

Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

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Post by quesera » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 2:35 AM UTC

gsibble wrote: post #13

quesera wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But you can spend all day and night reading users' private messages and photos, right?

It would be more difficult to set it up to protect users' messages. Government will also come after you for not being able to tap into communications with a warrant. It's all besides the point. This is a chat product not billed as being extremely secure. Just easy to use.

I know, but the question was about security, and I think the answer is incomplete without a description of your treatment of user data at rest.

You're doing the normal thing, and it's probably appropriate. I'm interested in hearing about products that do different things, so I asked.

Btw, government will not come after you for not being able to tap into communications. Where did you get that crazy idea?

Edit: sorry, I didn't realize you weren't speaking for Hipmob.

Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

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Post by ionmade » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 8:53 AM UTC

Is there any hope for Adobe Air Native Extension?

Re: Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

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Post by kunle » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 1:41 PM UTC

ionmade wrote: post #15

Is there any hope for Adobe Air Native Extension?

Hi there - Ayo from Hipmob here. What do you need an Adobe Air Native extension for? Which environment would you use it in?

Would love to learn more - you can shoot me a message at ayo [at] hipmob dot com.