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[garyhbutton]

https://www.ironnotice.com

[mdni007]

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

[garyhbutton → mdni007]

I do not know. What source?

[_august → garyhbutton]

code

[garyhbutton → _august]

Here is the client source code: https://github.com/ghbutton/iron-client

[garyhbutton]

I made a little desktop end to end encrypted messaging app

[asdfasdf1231 → garyhbutton]

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?

[garyhbutton → asdfasdf1231]

I was thinking of making the client code open source (eventually) so that users can know that their privacy is respected

[asdfasdf1231 → garyhbutton]

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 → garyhbutton]

Why?

[garyhbutton → parliament32]

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 → garyhbutton]

Reminds me of _The General Problem_ [1].

[1]: https://www.xkcd.com/974/

[garyhbutton → g105b]

lol

[bobblywobbles]

I wish you luck on your app!

[garyhbutton → bobblywobbles]

Thanks!