So how does this improve on existing IM, say: XMPP?
uTox – Free, Secure Instant Messaging
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Re: uTox – Free, Secure Instant Messaging
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was just idling on their channel when irungentoo got me banned for my post here.
Yeah, that's quite questionable. They need to be able to handle and defend criticism better if they want to make it in INFOSEC. Especially if they ever get press like Cryptocat or Diaspora did.
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Re: uTox – Free, Secure Instant Messaging
#63I would use Tox and any of its clients with caution. At one point in time, your friends would be able to execute arbitrary shell commands on your PC if you were running utox and accepted a file download. Even with large security concerns like this, the lead developer believes Tox and uTox is secure because he reads the code he wrote himself (none the less git history is filled with bug fixes he clearly missed in his…
That last part is enough to ditch them unless you were fighting with them in IRC. Were you? Your claims ring true for vast majority of new, COMSEC schemes. Far as Tox, this is what I found on their GitHub page: "Current build status: build failing." I'll add that NSA and malware authors have 0-days on the platforms the tool will likely run on. It will be bypassed like all others on such platforms.
Astonex was never banned from any of the public tox IRC channels. He was banned from an invite-only channel for off-topic discussion because he was trolling. The ban did not last very long either, because most of us still like him despite his attempts to create drama. Everyone has their off days.
Re: uTox – Free, Secure Instant Messaging
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
That last part is enough to ditch them unless you were fighting with them in IRC. Were you? Your claims ring true for vast majority of new, COMSEC schemes. Far as Tox, this is what I found on their GitHub page: "Current build status: build failing." I'll add that NSA and malware authors have 0-days on the platforms the tool will likely run on. It will be bypassed like all others on such platforms.
Astonex was never banned from any of the public tox IRC channels. He was banned from an invite-only channel for off-topic discussion because he was trolling. The ban did not last very long either, because most of us still like him despite his attempts to create drama. Everyone has their off days.
Always good to hear both sides. I reserve judgment until I do. In this case, I'm just going to say "Ok" and be neutral. I like the line you added at the end: quite fair.