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I want a WP, browser and desktop based version of Signal. I use it on my phone and it's good enough, but I need an integrated experience with my computer. I re

• mehrdada 11y ago
  My point is, I think the area is too immature at the moment and needs a lot more innovation before we call for standardization. Security in particular is an area that often requires breaking away from compatibility (not just in the technical sense, but in the social and network sense as well) to actually work. I worry that we would lose great ideas if we call for standardization too early and stick to the way we do things today, which sucks. (Also, empirically, fragmentation in other domains, even relatively late in the game, like social networks did not prevent from one clear winner to emerge. I don't see fragmentation as a big issue long term. Perhaps it's even good to some degree for security.)
  • hvidgaard 11y ago
    Perhaps the conclusion is that we need to focus on a proper secure implementation of the underlying communication. If a standardized decentralised p2p communication overlay network exists, we can build tools on top of that, including IM and practically any other tool that can be implemented with messages.