Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha...
by sli on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:15PM
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That, and "just go contribute" is really just a cop out answer. Users can desire features without it requiring that they learn to develop software. And really, does anyone want brand new, fresh developers contributing to a privacy-oriented product? Of course not. We need experienced and skilled developers to do that, because mistakes can be costly.
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Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha...
by menzoic on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:23PM
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To be fair he was talking about usability and not encryption/privacy features. I agree mostly though, even capable developers don't have time. Feature requests make software better. If you want people to use your app, you should build for the user. It seems they want people to actually use it and didn't open source just to share knowledge of the code. They probably open sourced it to inspire trust.