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> I will start on releasing the code and build Good! This is a great way to get more feedback and potentially more users. I'd encourage you to make it easy for
by meonkeys 2y ago
> I will start on releasing the code and build
Good! This is a great way to get more feedback and potentially more users. I'd encourage you to make it easy for folks to self-host.
You can still maintain control and the ability to make it a paid service, even if you choose an AGPL license.
> Signal, WhatApp, etc are all closed source
False. Signal is open source. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585458
Except a server-side anti-spam component, apparently? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Licensing
> tied with phone numbers
This is a valid concern about Signal and it comes up often. I believe any privacy risk around your phone number leaking or being tied to your activity on Signal is sufficiently mitigated by the folks who run the Signal servers (the Signal Foundation) since plaintext phone numbers are only used for initial SMS verification. They are then discarded, apparently. Contact discovery/matching is done on the device only with SHA256 hashes of phone numbers.
And now you can discover/connect with others via usernames that can be changed at any time and hide phone numbers altogether.
Hmm, but https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Does-Signal-send-my-number-to-my-contacts https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Do... disagrees with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Contact_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Contact_disc... ... that's not good.