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What I think is most notable about this article is that they go out of their way to point out how its significantly more difficult to roll out all these "user n
by octorian 7y ago
What I think is most notable about this article is that they go out of their way to point out how its significantly more difficult to roll out all these "user nicety" features everyone expects, when you live in a world where you can't just "let the server know everything" (like many other apps people often compare with).
- stingraycharles 7y agoI think it’s a good case study on why the state of security in the world is the way it is right now; people want convenience more than security. I even fall victim to this myself: Signal not having a search history or losing message history when activating a new device is often too much of a show stopper. I really hope Signal will be able to pull this off somehow, but seeing how much these type of apps rely on a network effect, I am skeptical.
- octorian 7y agoLack of search is just a lack of a locally-implementable feature. There's really no security reason why it would be more difficult. Transferring to a new device, on the other hand, does get somewhat more complicated. For ease of use, the data needs to be placed somewhere intermediate. That being said, I can understand Signal's hesitation to embrace Google's cloud storage options for such a feature.