On: Briar Project

[dijit]

Have you looked at 'threema'? I recently installed it and I'm actually pleasantly surprised.

However, all of these bloody messengers mean that my contacts list is spread across a multitude of programs: we need the iOS/Android equivalent of pidgin.

[dunefox → dijit]

Threema is closed source which is something I don't really like when it comes to security as there are no independent audits.

Edit: Generally, Threema seems interesting feature-wise, but I think the price (4€) will prevent my contacts from using it...

[dijit → dunefox]

Interesting thought experiment though; if you’re not paying for the development and hosting- who is?

[shuringai → dijit]

threema claims no having no identificable information yet the account IDs are just the unsalted hashes of your telephone number.

[ssss11 → dijit]

Pidgin is exactly what we need.. and each messenger needs to be a pluggable module. Then we dont need to hound friends and family to switch messenger apps they just use pidgin.

[raspyberr → ssss11]

But why would something like Facebook open up their walled garden? Does it even count as a walled garden when you have 2 billion people on the platform?

[tejtm → raspyberr]

Obviously yes. Does any wall count if there are more entities on one side of it than the other?

[flattone → raspyberr]

the walls i think refer to transparency ?

so is regardless of user count