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It seems like the protocol question is adjacent to the actual problems that messaging apps solve for users: mapping a particular device to a trusted identifier
by jmole 4y ago
It seems like the protocol question is adjacent to the actual problems that messaging apps solve for users: mapping a particular device to a trusted identifier within some namespace.
iMessage has a unique mapping between iMessage account and phone number. Signal has another. WhatsApp has another. If you want to message 650-867-5309, who should receive the message?
- 2Gkashmiri 4y agoUh, 6508675309@whatsapp or @signal If there is no account on that service, just like email, there would be a failure message but it should work. This is how mastodon or matrix does local handles vs federated handles. Simple @user for local and @local@server for outside.
- nerdponx 4y agoHow about a URI? whatsapp:5551234567, signal:5551234567, etc.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y agoworks fine
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