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> How would a messaging app work without contact discovery? "Hey, add me on telegram, my username is @andrewzah". This isn't a hard problem. I don't know why
by andrewzah 7y ago
> How would a messaging app work without contact discovery?
"Hey, add me on telegram, my username is @andrewzah". This isn't a hard problem.
I don't know why we decided apps hoovering up our contact lists in exchange for convenience was so important. For an app that touts itself as private and secure, I still had to explain to my brother why giving it his contact list wasn't a good idea.
- UncleMeat 7y agoThis is a hard problem. The evidence for this is the decades of failed attempts to get people to use pgp and other systems where I need to have a freaking party in order to figure out who I can message and how before I actually start communicating.