On 12 July 2013 19:56, Steffen Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > I just stumbled upon https://heml.is, which is a new XMPP client for IOS and > Android. Anyone knows these guys?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde and others (some also behind the payment service Flattr). > It uses XMPP and PGP for encryption, but do any of you guys know if they > federate?.. What I can see from skimming their page, its yet another silo, > due to the fact of PGP and their own infrastructure. > So federation and using your own domain does not seem feasible, right? Anyone > want to discuss this and the alternatives besides OTR? Security labels? " == Your server only? == Yes! The way to make the system secure is that we can control the infrastructure. Distributing to other servers makes it impossible to give any guarantees about the security. We’ll have audits from trusted third parties on our platforms regularily, in cooperation with our community. For those interested in a bit of our tech backend infrastructure: We’re building encrypted tunnels/MPLS networks between countries, with anycast ingress/egress points so that your traffic should pass as few borders as possible. Messages will be sent to as close as possible to the recipient, which makes it impossible for agencies like NSA and FRA to see who’s talking to whom. This sort of virtual local network makes Heml.is much more secure than a regular system that can’t avoid border crossings. " Needless to say I disagree with this model, or their assertions (which secure s2s solves just as well). Regards, Matthew _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
