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The main thing for me is the lack of a central account server. Even with XMPP, you still need to have an account and login somewhere to authenticate. With thi
by adwf 11y ago
The main thing for me is the lack of a central account server. Even with XMPP, you still need to have an account and login somewhere to authenticate. With this, you have to authenticate each friend manually, but only the once. After that, there is no account but the profile stored on your hard drive.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoThat's certainly a selling point. The problem: newer and hand-rolled stuff always has serious problems. Many continue to have serious problems over time. I'd be interested in seeing software that solved those problems while leveraging proven protocols, clients, etc. Might just be a plugin to several popular IM clients.