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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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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.…

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Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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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.…

One thing I like about Viber a lot is their secret chats where you can set the time limit and messages self-destruct when that time passes. I wish other clients had that too.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

#45
post #17

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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.

Sorry if I wasn't clear, I was more asking who is your target user? What problem are they trying to solve with this? How does this app better suit them than your competitors?

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

#47
post #38

Reading through the Privacy Policy, I have some concerns. Under "Usage Information": > We may collect information about: how you communicate with those Wavers, such as their names, the time and date of your communications... I know you're not storing the actual messages (in plain text at least), but I don't like the idea that you're storing who I'm talking to. Under "Information Provided By Third Parties": > - Advert…

Hi!

Thank you for your feedback.

Presently, Wave (^‿^)ノ is privately funded and in no way supported by any advertising revenue.

The information that you made reference to was included as a precaution should some future involvement come to fruition.

Please bear in mind that this project was made by an individual. Your feedback regarding encryption / clauses in the terms of service / privacy policy are greatly appreciated as they serve as guidance on which areas can be changed or improved upon.

Thank you.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

#48
post #6

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Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions. P.S. Get a friend to download it as well as it requires both parties to have each other contacts saved and the app installed in order to send / receive messages.

In other words you have to harvest the parties' contact lists in order to do this matching?

We require access to your contacts. We do not harvest.

Re: Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS

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post #18

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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.

They're asking if the unsend feature exposes whether the message has been read..... but I can see in the screenshots that there's a 'read' indicator anyway, isn't there? So it was a ignorant question and I wouldn't worry about it.

Yes! This is correct.

Thank you.

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