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by ex3ndr 11y ago
> are you using both websocket and your new protocol ? what is the different usecases for each ? Yes. We use at lowest layers websocket and TCP just for transmitting binary frames. Our protocol is very complicated for providing stable cn
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
I tried, no luck. And any fork will need this permission again? I believe that crypto implementations need to be in public domain. What if people can't use some software and will stay unsecured?
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Re-Implementing cryptography is VERY costly operation that we cannot afford now. I already implemented in the past crypto for Telegram, there waere a lot of small mistakes in the implementation part. Even Telegram have many resources, but w
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Actually for network layer we need to implement much more complicated things: replace TLS. This is dangerous, of course. But TLS is source for HUGE lags in networks because of it's triple handshake. And on mobile networks ping usually
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
core-async is extension of core project for async environments with real multithreading. It is mostly contain working with data and syncing it with UI. If you is interested in protocol, you can read docs: http://actor.readme.io&#
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
No, it is completely open source with server too. This is main difference from Layer.
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Yes, this is their software and they can do whatever they want. I think Moxie just don't care. In Actor we respect licenses and all other legal stuff. More information about GPL and Mobile Stores: https://www.fsf.org/bl
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
I want to implement full e2e encryption with Moxie's encryption and I can't because it is GPL( GPL is not comparable with mobile apps at all. Also I think that implementing encryption by ourselves will be mistake. May be some one
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
We asked ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9757243 ) what we can do with our project and make a promise that we will release it to OpenSource. Here we are!
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Show HN: Actor Messaging platform(github.com)
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
This is not problem of slack in webview. This is problem of slack. Actually interface in OSX is slower that web view. If you compare optimized Web app and OSX Native app, you will spot difference. Slack is just not optimized. You can to che
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Why Amazon and not solutions from other mobile-focused platforms?
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How to get access to Telegram account(medium.com)
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Can't agree more. That's why we started our project with fresh and new protocol for messaging with implementing all required stuff in it's core, not extensions.
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
For me most awful thing in immigration that i can't marry green card holder at all. Because we need to wait 5 years abroad and she can't leave country for more than half year for conversion Green Card to citizenship and i can&#x27
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
You can try to use ours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9757243
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Good chat application is not like hello world app. You can build something like chat, but it doesn't have most required features and performance.
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Yeah! I saw this post today and we thinking about building something for communities. May be some app for easy find right group chat (Android global group, hacker news group, SF Local Tech group, etc...). May be someone know such apps? I tr
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
We can provide voice/video with 3rd party services and it works good on stable networks, but does it add enough value or we need to spend half-year on optimizing webrtc?
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
I can't believe in releases. Just release meant nothing usually, isn't it?
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Ask HN: What can we do with our messaging platform startup?
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
As I understand they use HSM for signing certificates. What will be if they destroy HSM? How they can continue to operate?
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How Actor uses Java, GWT and J2ObjC for reuse 80% of code(medium.com)
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
Actually our team (Actor.im) is thinking of trying to provide messaging services on such machines if someone will be interested in government-like organization. Because we are will be open-sourced soon and in russia there is there own smart
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by ex3ndr 11y ago
The price is known. It is about 200.000 Rub that equals to 3900$.
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by ex3ndr 12y ago
We in Actor.im tried to build tor-enabled messaging (on better and faster protocol), but for working tor engine need to download 1-3mb files every 4 hour period. So, this became useless in mobile environment. Tor need to do step forward to
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by ex3ndr 12y ago
Why you always use weird slack for private community chats? It has really slow performance everywhere.