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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 by MichaelGG »

iagooar wrote: post #55
Thiz wrote: post #44

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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?

The thing is, the Catalan community has a very strong presence on the Internet. As an example, the Catalan version of Wikipedia currently has +400.000 articles, being the 17th biggest. To make clear what this means, you have to know that Catalan isn't even under the 100 most spoken languages worldwide (it has about 7 million speakers). So there is 1 article for every 17.5 people. Compared to the English version (4.4…

Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw.

Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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Post by MichaelGG »

jessaustin wrote: post #56
DanBC wrote: 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…

Are there any other dentists around who would work on Bob's pal? If so, are they actually better dentists than Bob? If so, is it possible for Bob's pal to find, enter, and understand their places of business, well enough to receive the care she requires? Cryptocat would never be used by Glenn Greenwald, but that's because he is privileged to have access to better crypto.

> but that's because he is privileged to have access to better crypto.

That's the first time I've heard of using PGP to be a privilege.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

#63

Post by rahimnathwani »

MichaelGG wrote: post #61
iagooar wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing is, the Catalan community has a very strong presence on the Internet. As an example, the Catalan version of Wikipedia currently has +400.000 articles, being the 17th biggest. To make clear what this means, you have to know that Catalan isn't even under the 100 most spoken languages worldwide (it has about 7 million speakers). So there is 1 article for every 17.5 people. Compared to the English version (4.4…

Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw. Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Can provinces really get ccTLDs? I thought .tw existed because Taiwan has an ISO country code: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_names_and_code_elements

Having said that, I'm not sure why the UK (whose country code is GB) uses .uk

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

#64

Post by Nursie »

MichaelGG wrote: post #61
iagooar wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing is, the Catalan community has a very strong presence on the Internet. As an example, the Catalan version of Wikipedia currently has +400.000 articles, being the 17th biggest. To make clear what this means, you have to know that Catalan isn't even under the 100 most spoken languages worldwide (it has about 7 million speakers). So there is 1 article for every 17.5 people. Compared to the English version (4.4…

Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw. Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Whether Taiwan is a province or a country is a contentious issue, and will depend heavily on who you ask.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

#65

Post by rurounijones »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #63
MichaelGG wrote: post #61

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Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw. Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Can provinces really get ccTLDs? I thought .tw existed because Taiwan has an ISO country code: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_names_and_code_elements Having said that, I'm not sure why the UK (whose country code is GB) uses .uk

Because GB Is "Great Britain" (England, Scotland, Wales)[1] which does not include Northern Ireland.

UK is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which is all four.

It was a politically motivated move basically.

[1] Lets not get pedantic here.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

#66

Post by zz1 »

unicornporn wrote: post #57
magikarp wrote: post #35

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nadim@crypto.cat

Would you consider making the APK for Android available? I'm on Cyanogenmod without Gapps (including Google Play). You teaming up with https://f-droid.org/ would be even better. Cheers!

Please do, please help Android users to be Play-Store-indipendent!

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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Post by micampe »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #63
MichaelGG wrote: post #61

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Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw. Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Can provinces really get ccTLDs? I thought .tw existed because Taiwan has an ISO country code: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_names_and_code_elements Having said that, I'm not sure why the UK (whose country code is GB) uses .uk

Hong Kong has a ccTLD (and an ISO country code, and a currency) but is not a country, while still mostly working like one.

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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Post by cqdx »

freehunter wrote: post #46
Thiz wrote: post #44

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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.

What culture?

Re: Cryptocat for iPhone and Android – Call for Review

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Post by MichaelGG »

Nursie wrote: post #64
MichaelGG wrote: post #61

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Provinces can get ccTLDs - Taiwan has .tw. Sponsoring and getting .cat is a pretty cool workaround, though.

Whether Taiwan is a province or a country is a contentious issue, and will depend heavily on who you ask.

Well as far as IANA concerned (which I suppose is the only relevant view for .tw), it's "Taiwan, Province of China"[1]:

https://www.iana.org/reports/2010/taiwan-report-07jun2010.ht...

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