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What's with the super weird installation process on Windows? Also very little information about how everything works on its website (the technical stuff, especially for security).
Just kidding, we know there are too many exhibits for even Unicode to enumerate.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8626931
That's as dishonest as btsyncs statement, in it's own way. Because it's closed source, we don't /know/ how secure btsync is. However, we do know that microsoft, google and dropbox will just hand your shit over if the US government asks. Something is better than nothing. The only open source competitors in this space are owncloud, who /still/ won't let me upload to both a work and person cloud at the same time, and sy…
Now if it were a verifiably half-assed solution, I'd agree with your statement.
So far I know these decentralized (supposedly) secure messaging software/protocols: 1. Bleep 2- Tox 3. Ring (formerly SFLphone, DHT based authentication)
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8626931
That's as dishonest as btsyncs statement, in it's own way. Because it's closed source, we don't /know/ how secure btsync is. However, we do know that microsoft, google and dropbox will just hand your shit over if the US government asks. Something is better than nothing. The only open source competitors in this space are owncloud, who /still/ won't let me upload to both a work and person cloud at the same time, and sy…
I don't trust anything released by BitTorrent. Sync was a huge let down and frankly I'm not going to waste my time on any more of their software after the ad/toolbar/bitcoin-mining infested installers they put out for uTorrent...
> Sync was a huge let down Same with BitTorrent Live...
Warning: This is going to sound mean. Feel free to skip it if mean words upset you. They claim to support "all major platforms" then completely skimp out on Linux and BSD. Bleep isn't open source. They claim to provide privacy, and their testimonials read: Software Engineering at it's finest. If you haven't read the blog post on this app then you need too. Once you see how it works your gonna want it. Most secure mes…
I'm very intrigued by Bleep, I think that attempting to leverage the bitorrent protocol in a chat platform is a unique take, that I would like to see continue to evolve. However, I think it's important that they open the source up for this project and even potentially offer the ability for me to install and run my own server. I think until they take those steps, it will be difficult for them to gain any kind of large…
Run your own server? From my understanding there is no server involved. It is peer to peer and peers find each other by using DHT. It's closed source though, so you have to take their word on that.
I don't trust anything released by BitTorrent. Sync was a huge let down and frankly I'm not going to waste my time on any more of their software after the ad/toolbar/bitcoin-mining infested installers they put out for uTorrent...
I don't trust anything released by BitTorrent. Sync was a huge let down and frankly I'm not going to waste my time on any more of their software after the ad/toolbar/bitcoin-mining infested installers they put out for uTorrent...
I totally agree with you that they are total scumbags. At the same time, I am amazed that they've been able to keep that company going for so long, probably close to 10 years. They've somehow stayed afloat and kept producing new products while so many other more worthy startups came and went that I can't help but give them some grudging respect. How do they stay alive?
Meebo (remember them?) was also staying afloat with toolbar installs.