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I'd use it. If it weren't hosted. And if it was Open Source. Otherwise, I just can't bring myself to trust it. The concept is a goldmine. You need to convince
by EFruit 13y ago
I'd use it.
If it weren't hosted.
And if it was Open Source.
Otherwise, I just can't bring myself to trust it.
The concept is a goldmine. You need to convince potential users of its security an privacy protection, should there be any. If there isn't any, your product is a ticking time bomb.
- gtank 13y agoWe’re designing this thing so that even we can never access your recordings. Building it with actual security in mind poses some UX challenges (don’t lose all your credentials at the same time!) but we’d rather have that problem than any amount of privacy risk.
- anonymoushn 13y agoDoes this mean that I can store the only copies of the recordings on my machines, or that they are on your machines and there is some step you cannot perform that is required to read them?
- gtank 13y agoThey're on our machines, but under keys that we don't have. We're also considering a federated model that would give users control over their storage.
- mserdarsanli 13y agoSo, the conversations are on server but the required indexes for searching are on client? Seems a little weird to me.
- gcb0 13y agoi think he meant keys in the cryptography sense, not database search indexes.
- mserdarsanli 13y agoNo I got that, but somehow the audio must be processed, right? And it has to be done on client or there is no point for encryption. Also, assuming the search indexes are sent to the server, how would the server access them if they are encrypted?
- hapless 13y agoAs long as it's closed source, I have only your assurance that you don't have keys. I doubt you or your cofounders set out to deceive users or spy on them, but there are many, many government-related reasons to lie to your users about privacy. The government can be very persuasive that way.
- _crumbs 13y agoAgreed. It is just not clear what guarantees my privacy. This wouldn't strictly keep me from using it - perhaps in working environment - but I certainly would not use it in conjunction with personal aspects of my life. Does this not raise privacy concerns similar to Google Glass? Is it not possible that people may be recorded without their knowing and without their permission?
- willwhitney 13y agoYes, and that's definitely an issue we're working on. At the very least we'll notify our users of the relevant privacy laws at their current location, and we'll always encourage people to let those around them know when Retrospect is turned on. We'll always try to prevent people from being recorded without their knowledge, but in the end it comes down to what our users choose to do. Someone today could cause the same privacy violation by walking around with a tape recorder.