I don't disagree with everything you said, but if this thing gets traction, this is the HN DropBox thread of the future :)
Even that thread itself was the "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." thread of the future.
It's an interesting phenomenon that in the age of the internet there are easily accessible public records of how hard it is to tell what is going to be a big deal.
https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i...
Oh, and it looks like they called Dropbox "secure" as well, in 2007
Isn't that true for most HN threads?
> Some examples of the technology we'll be researching and developing: > Cryptographically enforced data sharing policies > End to end encryption, even on the browser > Public key cryptography on the browser > Post-quantum cryptography algorithms and protocols
"If you give us money we'll invent great crypto" -> "We're secure"
> OpenBook is OpenSource
Yeah awesome. Like many other projects. Having the OpenSource stamp is not really an advantage anymore. Building and maintaining a community around it, with strong support and integration is something way more difficult to do.
> On Openbook you will not only be able to personalise your profile, but the entire network itself! From changing the color of your homepage to adding plugins, you can make it as unique as yourself.
So basically I can customize everything. On my instance? Is it federated/decentralized (doesn't seems so)?
> We don’t track anything you do, neither monetize your information nor share it without your explicit and informed consent.
Hopefully the GDPR has already cover all those things :)
> All applications will be reviewed by us. We will make sure they: only request the needed information, have the exact location of your data available for you, at all times, delete all your information if you’d revoke the permission...
GDPR
> Some examples of the technology we'll be researching and developing: > Cryptographically enforced data sharing policies > End to end encryption, even on the browser > Public key cryptography on the browser > Post-quantum cryptography algorithms and protocols
NIH syndrom, all those things are already covered by many other projects, why not reusing that? Also, "post-quantum" cryptography, looks like a nice buzzword thrown in there.
> Migrating to Openbook will be easy-peasy, with our simple drag-and-drop system. Just download your data from your old social network1 and transfer them to Openbook. Shazam!
Good luck with that. GDPR is indeed forcing social platforms to have a Data-Portability politic. Facebook is exporting the user content in HTML flat file with no proper identifiers or easy way to reconstruct the data structure.
> ...we’re also planning to help enterprise customers setting up their own internal, self-hosted and secure social networks with extra functionality such as projects, identity and access management.
So basically they are developing another centralized Social Network engine.