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Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #21

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Compare them to underground dentists - Bob has no medical training, but has a dremel and practiced on a pig head. He offers to do a filling for his pal. He makes a bit of a botch of it, but he larns from his mistake and carries on. Dentistry is important so it's admirable that Bob ignores the criticism. Bob's first pal is currently fighting off a severe infection, but Bob uses that as a learning experience. Bob will…

If a growing portion of the dentistry industry was discovered to have been weakening people's teeth at the government's request, I'd start to buy Bob a beer a little more often.

It turns out Bob was actually receiving radio transmissions from the ADA through his fillings. He's a sleeper in the underground dentist community, waiting for the call to turn his xray machine on when the TSA releases its ruling on the need for back-scatter surveillance to prevent the next tooth-bomber from hijacking civilian aircraft. Be careful what you say around Bob.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #36
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compare them to underground dentists - Bob has no medical training, but has a dremel and practiced on a pig head. He offers to do a filling for his pal. He makes a bit of a botch of it, but he larns from his mistake and carries on. Dentistry is important so it's admirable that Bob ignores the criticism. Bob's first pal is currently fighting off a severe infection, but Bob uses that as a learning experience. Bob will…

Except, this is software. My favorite expression when things get heated: "Nobody is going to die." There are exceptions, of course, but a vast majority of the work we do just doesn't matter in the context of life and nature.

Normally, yes, but this is crypto. It's not medicine, but it's pretty close to a bullet-proof vest. It's important that it does its job.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #36
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compare them to underground dentists - Bob has no medical training, but has a dremel and practiced on a pig head. He offers to do a filling for his pal. He makes a bit of a botch of it, but he larns from his mistake and carries on. Dentistry is important so it's admirable that Bob ignores the criticism. Bob's first pal is currently fighting off a severe infection, but Bob uses that as a learning experience. Bob will…

Except, this is software. My favorite expression when things get heated: "Nobody is going to die." There are exceptions, of course, but a vast majority of the work we do just doesn't matter in the context of life and nature.

Except if the flawed software is a company's core product, the company might fail.

As we all know, corporations are people, my friend.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #12

You know that using a .cat domain for something not related to Catalan culture or language is not allowed by the conditions established by ICANN and Fundació puntCAT? You have only translated the main page (with Google Translator...) to make it look like you have some Catalan content there. That's naughty. "In order to be granted a .cat domain, one needs to belong to the Catalan linguistic and cultural community on t…

I've always wondered what is so special about catalan? Why do they deserve a special three letter domain nobody else has?

Who should I address a letter to request for the wayuu culture to have a .way tld?

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #36
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compare them to underground dentists - Bob has no medical training, but has a dremel and practiced on a pig head. He offers to do a filling for his pal. He makes a bit of a botch of it, but he larns from his mistake and carries on. Dentistry is important so it's admirable that Bob ignores the criticism. Bob's first pal is currently fighting off a severe infection, but Bob uses that as a learning experience. Bob will…

Except, this is software. My favorite expression when things get heated: "Nobody is going to die." There are exceptions, of course, but a vast majority of the work we do just doesn't matter in the context of life and nature.

> "Nobody is going to die."

This isn't accurate, e.g. http://cryptome.org/2012/07/chile-comments.htm .

Bad crypto is actually much more dangerous than a single rogue dentist.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #44
post #12

You know that using a .cat domain for something not related to Catalan culture or language is not allowed by the conditions established by ICANN and Fundació puntCAT? You have only translated the main page (with Google Translator...) to make it look like you have some Catalan content there. That's naughty. "In order to be granted a .cat domain, one needs to belong to the Catalan linguistic and cultural community on t…

I've always wondered what is so special about catalan? Why do they deserve a special three letter domain nobody else has? Who should I address a letter to request for the wayuu culture to have a .way tld?

I would love for the Appalachian culture to apply for the .app TLD.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #45
post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except, this is software. My favorite expression when things get heated: "Nobody is going to die." There are exceptions, of course, but a vast majority of the work we do just doesn't matter in the context of life and nature.

> "Nobody is going to die." This isn't accurate, e.g. http://cryptome.org/2012/07/chile-comments.htm . Bad crypto is actually much more dangerous than a single rogue dentist.

Bad crypto doesn't kill, people/organizations with a fucked up agenda do.

I thought this past year taught us that no information is safe. To expect that any system is entirely secure and ever will be is pure egotism.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #44
post #12

You know that using a .cat domain for something not related to Catalan culture or language is not allowed by the conditions established by ICANN and Fundació puntCAT? You have only translated the main page (with Google Translator...) to make it look like you have some Catalan content there. That's naughty. "In order to be granted a .cat domain, one needs to belong to the Catalan linguistic and cultural community on t…

I've always wondered what is so special about catalan? Why do they deserve a special three letter domain nobody else has? Who should I address a letter to request for the wayuu culture to have a .way tld?

Maybe this will help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ACountry_code_top-level_d...

Summarizing, we might not have qualified for a two-letter domain because we are not an independent country.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #33

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Are you offering to help with more Catalan translations?

I'm offering to translate the homepage :)

This thread ended way more positively and constructively than I would've imagined. Should be bookmarked for future discussions of "HN is turning into [insert negative thing here]"

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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post #49
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I'm offering to translate the homepage :)

This thread ended way more positively and constructively than I would've imagined. Should be bookmarked for future discussions of "HN is turning into [insert negative thing here]"

Reminds me of Reddit's /r/bestof subreddit.
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