Open Whisper Systems Partners with Google on End-To-end Encryption for Allo

Re:Open Whisper Systems Partners with Google on End-To-end E... by mtgx on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:50AM (#11729241)

I don't mind the two being used together. I've been using OTR in Gtalk/Hangouts for a long time, too (yes, I know Google actually keeps those messages anyway).

However, I would like an option to make the Incognito mode the default (always-on), just like Firefox can make Private Mode the default.

If Google wants people to believe it cares about their privacy (which is probably the reason they're even doing this in the first place), then it should not just offer the feature to them in an obscure way, but it should make it easy for them to use it if that's what they want.

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Re:Open Whisper Systems Partners with Google on End-To-end E... by tdkl on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:56AM (#11736645)

> If Google wants people to believe it cares about their privacy

They don't, it's just more easibly marketable this way since it's a checkmark on someones Powerpoint slide.

> but it should make it easy for them to use it if that's what they want.

Google doesn't cater to users, since they aren't customers (services are free), but advertisers are.

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