3 ms·
> goes against easy to use or just respect reasonable limits? Does it make sense to destroy one feature for the illusion of having both? Elements.io and tele
by glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
> goes against easy to use
or just respect reasonable limits?
Does it make sense to destroy one feature for the illusion of having both?
Elements.io and telegram (to a much lesser extent) are safes. You place something there and it is locked. Signal, whatsapp, et al promise to be safes, but as soon as you place something, a hidden camera scan all the documents and print copies in a hidden printer at your home safe.
Would you trust that safe? would you still even call them safes? Yet some product manager/marketer convinced you that these are essential features for a "easy of use safe".
- lxgr 6y agoHow is Telegram a ”safe“ but Signal isn‘t? This doesn’t make sense. Telegram stores all history (except secret chats, which are a pain to use) server-side and effectively unencrypted.
- glsdfgkjsklfj 6y agoi don't use telegram, thanks for correcting me. just move it to the right place on my safe-with-scanners-and-printers-connected-to-the-internet analogy. But you are missing the point if you thought i was doing a pissing contest against signal/telegram. My point was that what is considered easy of use based on open messaging apps, cannot even be considered a feature on the secure messaging app space.
- dunefox 6y agoMatrix is an industrial-strength steel safe. Telegram is one of those transparent plastic safes you can buy for 20€.