That was quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYTznwBv4dg
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 3:43 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > The general idea was that there are usability and feature tradeoffs, and > different tools try different choices, and it isn't clear what the right > fit is, and by trying a bunch you help figure it out. If I see the video > link, I'll forward it, unless someone beats me to it. > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 3:22 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:33 PM Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > 1. Lack of true interoperability and vender / platform lock-in. It >> used to >> > be that I could login to Chrome at the library and use Cryptocat and >> then >> > Signal. >> > >> > >> The millenial generation is currently engaged in an internal battle for >> protocol dominance. Once the bubble bursts and we have our second dot com >> crash, we will achieve a brief era of interoperability before the next >> innovation tears it all apart. Few people my age learned from history, and >> will therefore repeat it. >> >> >> >> > 2. Feature bloat. A lightweight secure text app with out any voice, >> video, >> > emoji garbage. >> > >> > >> Remember the sole purpose of technology is to solve a given problem. A lot >> of people ask questions like "Which app should I use?" or "Does anything >> have any recommendations?" but in order to answer your question, we need >> to >> know what you intend to use said app for. >> Can you elaborate on your intended use case? The software is FOSS, so it's >> hard to pinpoint a feature when everyone offers the same set of features. >> To be perfectly honest with you, the majority of these apps are just >> chrome >> extensions. It often takes more effort to remove features than it does to >> add them so you are unlikely to find a "popular" app that doesn't do >> unicode and VOIP. >> >> As for the Secure part of your question, that's an easy one: Don't trust >> anything based on Electron or Node.js. The concerns you mention about >> feature bloat and security are largely due to convergent .JS platforms, so >> if you ignore anything based on those platforms, you are much more likely >> to find what you are looking for, with better confidence in your >> end-to-end >> encryption. >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
