To all the utopist at the bar right now: do not give up!
Zoom Acquires Keybase
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Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#482Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this functionality something that would make sense for LetsEncrypt to implement?
They have already massive infra in place. And are non-profit. Sort of 'natural' expansion. I would love to see it.
The problem with natural expansion is that it degenerates into feature creep. Is it natural to add a cryptocoin wallet later like Keybase did?
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#483Many are bemoaning what zoom will do with Keybase, but the code is bad licensed so nothing’s stopping anyone from forking the repos now and building a parallel distro. Realistically this is probably the best outcome for the Keybase team as they presumably have jobs for the foreseeable future.
The server was never open source and that will be a pretty big obstacle to the product living on beyond the company. That and maybe the Amazon S3 bill.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#484Revoke all your keys.
Give back any money you made of it.
Relax.
Enjoy your fucking life a little better as it should have been without keybase, bro.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#485So, the company that got bribed by a shitcoin promoter to backdoor the keybase app so it can abuse your secret keybase identity keys to place permanent, non-removable shitcoin ads on your profile[1] (and then immediately denied that it was a backdoor and also lied about implementing the ability for users to remove the ads keybase got paid to place[2]) is now joining up with the company that has shipped sketchy backdo…
Please don't post in the flamewar style to HN. We're here for curious conversation, not to smite enemies, snark, score rhetorical points, and whatnot.
Also, if you ratchet rhetoric up to this level of indignation, you detract from your own credibility, so it's not in your interest.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#486Earlier quoted context omitted.
The biggest challenge with acquihiring is retention. Allowing the acquired team to continue what they were doing is the only somewhat foolproof strategy to deal with it. It's a question of pocket depth and expectations. How much will the new team contribute to the "home" product? If expectations are too high chances are that much of the team won't stay and the acquisition will turn out to be a waste of money. With lo…
Retention isn’t going to be a problem in this market. Hiring in general has almost disappeared. And if you get hospitalized with coronavirus without health insurance, it will almost certainly lead to bankruptcy. It’s too risky not to have a job right now.
I don’t think hiring has disappeared - I got contacted by four recruiters just yesterday alone asking me to apply to vacancies they’re trying to hire for.
I wouldn’t quit my job (and I’m not looking anyway), but there’s plenty of hiring going on.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#487Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#488Meh. They did it.
Surprise.
Think about what kind of intelligence is working in the inner of z00m.
You should be afraid of them, the same as you are of whatsapp, telegram and your knik-knok to come.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#489We changed the URL from https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keyb... to the Keybase equivalent since more people were commenting on that one anyway.
Re: Zoom Acquires Keybase
#490I don’t think they bought Keybase for the team or security. I think it’s one of the few good Slack competitors out there for sale.
Zoom definitely sees this as a chance to take on Slack given their new momentum.