Who said synchronous? It's a chatlike, but this is server-hosted async message and file storage.
Also, the failure of xmpp/jabber to attract the masses in the last decade is no accident. On 15 January 2015 12:12:26 GMT+00:00, Nikos Roussos <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On January 15, 2015 1:20:22 PM EET, Cathal Garvey ><[email protected]> wrote: >>If the server code were open, how would you know the server was >>actually >>running that code anyway? Having the protocol documented so thoroughly > >>makes the task of writing an alternative server trivial if >>time-consuming. I'd obviously prefer the server were AGPL, and I hope >>someone will write an AGPL'd server and federation. >> >>For now though, the client is open source, the crypto doesn't suck, >the >> >>UX is excellent, and the threat model is pretty transparent. I'm >>*never* >>going to inflict PGP on friends, but I'll happily inflict this on >them. > >Since this is mostly for synchronous communication, you can inflict >jabber+otr, which has all the benefits you mention above. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
