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What? Why is sms considered "elite secure messaging", as you put it? They don't have to "solve every problem" but just not asking for a real-world identifier li
by throwaway8879 8y ago
What? Why is sms considered "elite secure messaging", as you put it? They don't have to "solve every problem" but just not asking for a real-world identifier like a phone number. Just ask for an email. It isn't that hard. The whole phone number thing is a massive turn off. Everyone has literally been using email since the advent of the internet. No all of a sudden we have to get sms involved for a service that provides secure messaging? Replacing phone number with email doesn't suddenly make it "elite".
- kasey_junk 8y agoHe’s presumably talking about WhatsApp
- toast0 8y agoEmail is a generational thing. Older generations didn't have one. A lot of people getting on the internet today don't have one, either, especially in developing nations. But Android needs one, you say -- they'll get their tech friend or someone at the phone store to login once, so they can access the play store. But that's not secure, you say -- they don't necessarily care about that. The nice thing about phone numbers is you put them into a non app specific address book, so your friends list is portable.
- Zarath 8y agoAre people in developing nations even using Signal? If not, what problem is it even trying to solve? Who is your market here? Give privacy people what they want, most everyone else is going to use WhatsApp or WeChat anyway as far as I can tell.