Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by garyhbutton » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 8:54 PM UTC

Show HN: Messaging App
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Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by garyhbutton » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 9:00 PM UTC

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by parliament32 » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:47 PM UTC

garyhbutton wrote: post #2

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

Why?

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by asdfasdf1231 » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:48 PM UTC

garyhbutton wrote: post #2

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

end to end without self hosted open source servers have (among others) a tradeoff: either opaque server you can't trust at all, or no offline messages. Which one you decided on?

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by bananocurrency » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:52 PM UTC

you might as well name it malware.exe if it's going to be such a blackbox.

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by mdni007 » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:08 PM UTC

How did this reach this high on HN? Also source?

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Post by bobblywobbles » Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 3:07 AM UTC

I wish you luck on your app!

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by garyhbutton » Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 4:07 AM UTC

asdfasdf1231 wrote: post #4

garyhbutton wrote: post #2

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

end to end without self hosted open source servers have (among others) a tradeoff: either opaque server you can't trust at all, or no offline messages. Which one you decided on?

I was thinking of making the client code open source (eventually) so that users can know that their privacy is respected

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by garyhbutton » Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 4:08 AM UTC

parliament32 wrote: post #3

garyhbutton wrote: post #2

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

Why?

I wanted to send my tax person my documents but he used email which I am a little uncomfortable using so I figured I could build an app

Re: Show HN: Messaging App

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Post by garyhbutton » Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 4:09 AM UTC

bobblywobbles wrote: post #7

I wish you luck on your app!

Thanks!