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I guess I don't see the point. The data is stored on their servers where they offer the same "promise" that they won't sell your data either. The only benefit
by ryan_s 14y ago
I guess I don't see the point. The data is stored on their servers where they offer the same "promise" that they won't sell your data either.
The only benefit I see is a central location of all data.
- ojilles 14y agos/only benefit/other downside/
- mratzloff 14y agoTime until hacked by some authoritarian government looking to suppress dissent, T-minus...
- seanmcgregor 14y agoYep, in the long run something will leak out of our servers. The plan is only to store ciphertext.
- tesseractive 14y agoSelling your encrypted data seems like a somewhat more difficult proposition for them than the one social networking services usually have.
- dce 14y agoDo you not understand how encryption works, or do I?
- tesseractive 14y agoIf they have the ability to decrypt data on their server anytime they want then this whole thing seems utterly pointless. I sincerely hope that's not the case.
- dce 14y agoSorry for being flippant. I'm just having a hard time imagining how I could post something that you could read that's somehow unreadable to them.
- bo1024 14y agoThat's the entire point of the service being discussed, no?
- buro9 14y agoDefine "them". If "them" = Facebook or Twitter... it's true, they could not read the text. But if "them" = the service provider of the encrypted messages, well, I suspect that they can decrypt from their description. Which means that they can be compelled to decrypt, or that a member of staff could access the decrypted message... in which case we only have an illusion of privacy because it only gives us privacy from some parties and not others.