5 ms·
I would agree if the post by Signal would say "Hey, we know the server code hasnt been updated in a while, yall have been asking, so here is the updated source
by bilal4hmed 6y ago
I would agree if the post by Signal would say "Hey, we know the server code hasnt been updated in a while, yall have been asking, so here is the updated source and this is the reason why. We have working to incorporate MobileCoin yada yada"
People have been asking about the server code for a while, with zero response or even acknowledgement.
No explanation why, no apology.... just boom, new crypto support in our server. Trust us its cool.
They knew this would be a bad look from the get go , to they did it in secret.
- pydry 6y agoThey might be wanting to get the jump on the competition.
- Klonoar 6y agoI mean, for what it's worth, the MobileCoin bits weren't truly secret - that "turmoil in Signal" article that made the rounds a few months ago explicitly made mention of this, and the recent MOB runup in the past few weeks had rumors of this flying around.
- codethief 6y agoAFAIR there was even a discussion here on HN a few years ago that Moxie had started collaborating with MobileCoin. No news, really.
- pseudalopex 6y agoNews to most people.
- codethief 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15935583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15935583 https://www.wired.com/story/mobilecoin-cryptocurrency/ https://www.wired.com/story/mobilecoin-cryptocurrency/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/24/mobilecoin-moxie-marlinspike-binance-labs/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/24/mobilecoin-moxie-marlinspi...
- pseudalopex 6y agoWhat percent of Signal users do you think read either of those articles?
- pseudalopex 6y agoAnd Marlinspike advising MobileCoin isn't the same as Signal developers actually integrating it.
- pseudalopex 6y agoLeaks don't change the fact they tried to keep it a secret. The article was published 9 months after they stopped releasing server source. And Marlinspike dismissed the MobileCoin work as "design explorations".[1] [1] https://www.platformer.news/p/-the-battle-inside-signal https://www.platformer.news/p/-the-battle-inside-signal
- ymolodtsov 6y agoThat's by definition a scoop and not a piece of communications from Signal itself.