jckahn

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   by jckahn 4y ago

   Thank you for the explanation! It sounds like a pretty solid system.
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   Very cool! Since this is all exposed to the internet, how do you keep it secure? I’ve got a spare laptop and a static IP, but I’m concerned about exposing my home server to attacks. Right now I’ve just got it all running in Tailscale, but I
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   This is the description of a dystopia.
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   I’m willing to play the game as a survival mechanism. I’m not in tech (professionally) because of passion. I’m in it to survive and solve problems that having money can solve. I make open source software and give it away for free in my spar
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   Don't call yourself a programmer, and other career advice (2011)(kalzumeus.com)

   245 points by jckahn 4y ago|162 comments
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   I’m a proud and happy Linux desktop user and rarely have significant issues like the one described here. I attribute that to using a “boring” distro (latest Ubuntu LTS’s only), and “boring” hardware (a Dell XPS 13 which is known to have goo
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   I don’t see why it couldn’t.
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   Thank you so much for your work on Trystero! It’s one of the most amazing projects I’ve ever found. I’ve used it to great success on multiple projects and I’m a big fan. I don’t understand how Trystero doesn’t have thousands of GitHub stars
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   by jckahn 4y ago

   I’d love to be a lifer. I want to show up, give my honest 8 hours, and then be done until the next work day. I find myself in startups due to circumstance, not preference. I’d rather be in a slower, stable corporate environment (provided it
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I've used Trystero on two of my open source projects ( https://chitchatter.im/ and https://www.farmhand.life ) and can confirm that it works as advertised. It is truly a magical bit of technology!
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    Serverless WebRTC matchmaking for painless P2P(github.com)

    2 points by jckahn 4y ago|1 comments
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    Chitchatter file sharing: Unlimited P2P data distribution through the browser(github.com)

    1 points by jckahn 4y ago|0 comments
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    Thank you! I just wrote up how it works: https://dev.to/jeremyckahn/taking-the-power-back-with-web-me...
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I’m building a serverless, ephemeral, private chat app that you could accomplish this with: https://chitchatter.im/
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    Now available in Chitchatter: Audio and video calling(github.com)

    1 points by jckahn 4y ago|0 comments
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    Chitchatter Community Rooms(github.com)

    1 points by jckahn 4y ago|0 comments
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    Facebook's Metaverse Is Apparently Filled with Mostly Empty 'Sad' Worlds(kotaku.com)

    24 points by jckahn 4y ago|6 comments
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I don't know if this would be considered a legitimate public/private key exchange, but we now have a feature request for integrated OTP functionality: https://github.com/jeremyckahn/chitchatter/issues&#x2
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    > "Sufficient" is a product perspective I don't really have. Anonymity isn't even a product most users want to buy and the users that do, you may not want as customers. FWIW, Chitchatter is intended to be a community-
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    Just to follow up here, it turns out that there may be a way to detect if a peer connection is direct or relayed: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53138581 I'll try to surface this information to the user!
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Chitchatter uses https://www.metered.ca/tools/openrelay/ for relaying communication when P2P connections can't be established. So, chatting should "just work" for users righ
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I'm using https://github.com/dmotz/trystero for all the networking, and I don't think it supports p2pcf. If that existed a connection strategy for Trystero, I'd be open to experimenting with it!
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    Interesting! This isn't something I know anything about. I will research it!
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    FWIW, there is a plan to support password-protected chat rooms: https://github.com/jeremyckahn/chitchatter#project-roadmap
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    These are excellent suggestions. Thank you! I will add this to my list of improvements to make to the app. :)
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    This blog post was really helpful. Thank you blamestross! My understanding of your concern: So long as there is a static WebTorrent tracker initiating the peer connections, the system can't be fully trusted. I agree with this, and I pl
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    Thanks for checking out the project! Chitchatter uses https://github.com/dmotz/trystero for peer connectivity, which doesn't support Tor. I don't know how Tor would be supported in a typical web browser. Have
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I've added both of these to the README. Thanks for the suggestions!
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    I didn't realize that. That's a bummer. =/
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    by jckahn 4y ago

    > For example, it suggests to audit the gh-pages branch for the static assets. But when hosting with github, that branch could change at any time and deliver non-audited content. Powerful attackers like government could do it easily, and