Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha... by dominotw on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:41PM (#19669182)

they are not just cosmetic..

* no search (big one for me)

* no web client ( another big one)

* app gets stuck in "retrieving message..." if there is a poor signal like travelling under a tunnel

and there are many cosmetic ones like the ones you pointed out.

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Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha... by wfn on Monday April 15, 2019 @08:10PM (#19669980)

Text search across full message history has been part of stable production releases (on Android at least) for a decent long while, just fyi. (Desktop client has also gotten better (but is obviously far from perfect); those messages end up retrieved later on, fwiw).

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Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha... by usuallymatt on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:06PM (#19669339)

Not sure if it's because I run the beta version but I have the search feature in individual conversations and use it often. There is a desktop app and I agree it's not the best. The desktop app is the only place I've had the retrieving messages issue. So really the only gripe I see you having is no decent non-phone client. For me that's not a show stopper at this point in exchange for a secure, easy to use application.

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Re:Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of Wha... by dominotw on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:20PM (#19669416)

> . So really the only gripe I see you having

you ignored all my complaints saying you don't experience them. wtf.

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