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SpiderOak Semaphor [video]

13 points by artsandsci 10y ago

wonderlusts 10y ago
This is an early release for OSX, you should add that to the title.
Numberwang 10y ago
Unfortunately there is not enough information on that page to have an opinion on what it is.
- bryanlarsen 10y ago
  Zero Knowledge Slack, AFAICT.
  - Numberwang 10y ago
    Oh, that does sound good. I was expecting file sharing. Too bad it is Mac only. Not really fitting for a work tool.
    - rarrrrrr 10y ago
      Thanks for your interest in Semaphor! FYI, Today is an early access preview. iOS, Android, Linux, and Windows coming very soon; we built mobile first and are running all of the above internally. Cheers!
      - Numberwang 10y ago
        Thank you for your reply. Looking forward to trying out the Windows version.
- rarrrrrr 10y ago
  There's quite a bit more info here: https://spideroak.com/solutions/semaphor/tour https://spideroak.com/solutions/semaphor/tour
mcweaksauce 10y ago
Not a big fan of the name... Thought it had to do with concurrency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)
- rarrrrrr 10y ago
  Good guess. We were thinking of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore Semaphoric patterns are used in the application as a more visually appealing means of peer key verification, device provisioning, etc. than say, QR codes.
arijun 10y ago
After watching the video on the page "What is Semaphore?", I still have no idea what it is. It seems like it's Google Drive/Dropbox with end to end encryption, but part of the copy is about how people "used to work with files and folders", implying that they no longer do. If there are no files it can't be Dropbox, can it?
- rarrrrrr 10y ago
  (I didn't submit this, but thanks to the OP! This is an early access preview... General availability is very soon) 10 years ago SpiderOak made a zero-knowledge cloud storage product which is now called SpiderOakONE and is comparable to Dropbox. Semaphor is a new app, analogous to Slack or HipChat, with end-to-end encryption, and team/enterprise focused. It's written in Golang with the client side (local) presentation layer in React. Source and a white paper are published. Cheers!
0942v8653 10y ago
I can't believe this. For a professional product. HackerTyper at 0:36 of the video.
- rarrrrrr 10y ago
  ... easter egg. I'm not _quite_ that fast. Dvorak keyboard FTW. :)

13 points by artsandsci 10y ago

wonderlusts 10y ago

This is an early release for OSX, you should add that to the title.

Numberwang 10y ago

Unfortunately there is not enough information on that page to have an opinion on what it is.

bryanlarsen 10y ago
Zero Knowledge Slack, AFAICT.
- Numberwang 10y ago
  Oh, that does sound good. I was expecting file sharing. Too bad it is Mac only. Not really fitting for a work tool.
  - rarrrrrr 10y ago
    Thanks for your interest in Semaphor! FYI, Today is an early access preview. iOS, Android, Linux, and Windows coming very soon; we built mobile first and are running all of the above internally. Cheers!
    - Numberwang 10y ago
      Thank you for your reply. Looking forward to trying out the Windows version.
rarrrrrr 10y ago
There's quite a bit more info here: https://spideroak.com/solutions/semaphor/tour https://spideroak.com/solutions/semaphor/tour

mcweaksauce 10y ago

Not a big fan of the name... Thought it had to do with concurrency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)

rarrrrrr 10y ago
Good guess. We were thinking of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore Semaphoric patterns are used in the application as a more visually appealing means of peer key verification, device provisioning, etc. than say, QR codes.

arijun 10y ago

After watching the video on the page "What is Semaphore?", I still have no idea what it is. It seems like it's Google Drive/Dropbox with end to end encryption, but part of the copy is about how people "used to work with files and folders", implying that they no longer do. If there are no files it can't be Dropbox, can it?

rarrrrrr 10y ago
(I didn't submit this, but thanks to the OP! This is an early access preview... General availability is very soon) 10 years ago SpiderOak made a zero-knowledge cloud storage product which is now called SpiderOakONE and is comparable to Dropbox. Semaphor is a new app, analogous to Slack or HipChat, with end-to-end encryption, and team/enterprise focused. It's written in Golang with the client side (local) presentation layer in React. Source and a white paper are published. Cheers!

0942v8653 10y ago

I can't believe this. For a professional product. HackerTyper at 0:36 of the video.

rarrrrrr 10y ago
... easter egg. I'm not _quite_ that fast. Dvorak keyboard FTW. :)