On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Griffin Boyce <[email protected]> wrote: > It makes business sense for them to stay closed-source. But until the day > comes that they open the app code, I will remain skeptical. -snip- > Closed-source code makes me suspicious precisely for the reason that any > major bugs that they find stay secret. So if there is a flaw that could > expose user data, affected users might never find out. See also: Skype.
Hear-hear. They don't need to open-source their software to convince me, as long as they are open about their protocol at least. But they might as well open-source it since their product is not the software. It is the service of storing encrypted stuff for their clients. It would make a lot of sense business-wise to expose an API and allow third-parties to make software for this platform. Not only would it be nice to hack around with, it would also become evident whether or not they are implementing stuff right. JC -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
