Re:Signal Desktop
by Lazare on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @04:01PM
(#10665775)
> 1) Make mass surveillance impossible.
A worthy goal. But let's be real; to stop mass surveillance by writing a new chat program, you need mass adoption of your new program, and that means you need truly amazing UX.
If you write something which is technically perfect and would work if it was widely used, but nobody uses it because Telegram is just a little bit easier to get started with, and has nice cartoon drawings to explain their features (or whatever), then you've completely failed.
Re:Signal Desktop
by morsch on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @05:00PM
(#10666169)
Signal combines a competent and relatable user experience with a reliable security model. The latter is required to make a few people install it, the former is required to make their acquaintances install it, too.
A worthy goal. But let's be real; to stop mass surveillance by writing a new chat program, you need mass adoption of your new program, and that means you need truly amazing UX.
If you write something which is technically perfect and would work if it was widely used, but nobody uses it because Telegram is just a little bit easier to get started with, and has nice cartoon drawings to explain their features (or whatever), then you've completely failed.