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A link to a GitHub organization isn't great.. I'd say this is better: https://medium.com/@wireapp/you-can-now-build-your-own-wire-client-ea9ed9214e26 https://me

by gfosco 10y ago

A link to a GitHub organization isn't great.. I'd say this is better: https://medium.com/@wireapp/you-can-now-build-your-own-wire-client-ea9ed9214e26 https://medium.com/@wireapp/you-can-now-build-your-own-wire-... but even that doesn't clearly explain what Wire is. Visit https://wire.com https://wire.com to find out it's an encrypted video and group chat app.

computator 10y ago
From a Hacker News reader's perspective, the following page seems to be the best explanation of what it does: https://wire.com/privacy/ https://wire.com/privacy/ Also, the Wikipedia entry is a good overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss
toomanythings4 10y ago
There are just so many posts on tech sites to things like this where one wouldn't have a clue what it is or does. You would think the organization pointed to would have some motivation to explain themselves.
walterbell 10y ago
From http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/wire-open-source/ http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/wire-open-source/: ... the move has two main objectives: transparency and building an ecosystem of secure services that can talk to one another ... there is scope for organizations to design Wire-based apps that are tailored to different use cases, such as enterprise communications and digital health, and even automotive and the Internet of things ... "You can register with email and it doesn’t require mobile.” He also pointed out that the apps don’t need to be interoperable, though federation at some point would be nice. “It’s a shame we have so many islands in the communications space,” he added. HN comments from Wire marketing: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Siimteller https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Siimteller
PhasmaFelis 10y ago
I really hate HN posts that just link to an error page, or a spreadsheet, or a Github repo with no readme, or something else that makes no sense unless you already know whatever you're supposed to be taking from it. Please don't do this, everyone.

by gfosco 10y ago

computator 10y ago

From a Hacker News reader's perspective, the following page seems to be the best explanation of what it does: https://wire.com/privacy/ https://wire.com/privacy/ Also, the Wikipedia entry is a good overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss

toomanythings4 10y ago

There are just so many posts on tech sites to things like this where one wouldn't have a clue what it is or does. You would think the organization pointed to would have some motivation to explain themselves.

walterbell 10y ago

From http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/wire-open-source/ http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/wire-open-source/: ... the move has two main objectives: transparency and building an ecosystem of secure services that can talk to one another ... there is scope for organizations to design Wire-based apps that are tailored to different use cases, such as enterprise communications and digital health, and even automotive and the Internet of things ... "You can register with email and it doesn’t require mobile.” He also pointed out that the apps don’t need to be interoperable, though federation at some point would be nice. “It’s a shame we have so many islands in the communications space,” he added. HN comments from Wire marketing: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Siimteller https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Siimteller

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

I really hate HN posts that just link to an error page, or a spreadsheet, or a Github repo with no readme, or something else that makes no sense unless you already know whatever you're supposed to be taking from it. Please don't do this, everyone.