Show HN: Messaging App

12 points by garyhbutton 6 years ago · 15 comments

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mdni007 6 years ago

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

garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago

I do not know. What source?
- _august 6 years ago
  
  code
  - garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago
    
    Here is the client source code: https://github.com/ghbutton/iron-client

garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

asdfasdf1231 6 years ago

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?
- garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago
  
  I was thinking of making the client code open source (eventually) so that users can know that their privacy is respected
  - asdfasdf1231 6 years ago
    
    So you choose opaque server. At least do not hide the offline validation as deep as whatsapp and others do.
    also work with linux/android distros do distribute the built from source client. otherwise, it's just more of the same
parliament32 6 years ago

Why?
- garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago
  
  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
  - g105b 6 years ago
    
    Reminds me of _The General Problem_ [1].
    [1]: https://www.xkcd.com/974/
    
    garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago
    
    lol

bobblywobbles 6 years ago

I wish you luck on your app!

garyhbuttonOP 6 years ago

Thanks!