Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by hnarn on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:25AM
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I think it’s pretty important to point out that Signal allows you to import this number with a QR code, so it’s not very arduous to do to verification.
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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by georgyo on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:50AM
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Various OpenPGP clients have this feature as well, such as OpenKeychain.
OpenGPG, the the most commonly used implemention of OpenPGP, doesn't have QR codes because it's meant to be a cli and a library.
With an open standard different clients will have different client facing features.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by anonym29 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:15AM
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The internet would be a much more enjoyable place if everyone who was completely incapabale of using a cli and not even willing to attempt learning how to use one simply disappeared from it.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by burkaman on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @11:10AM
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I enjoy the internet because I can interact with and learn from people with very different skillsets and experiences than me. I don't think I would enjoy it very much if it were only used by computer enthusiasts.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by unixr on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:14PM
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This is a terrible and very un-empathetic take. The internet would be a much more enjoyable place if we strive to make it as secure, useful, and accessible as possible to as many people as possible instead of gatekeeping it to a certain group we decide are worthy because they are capable of browsing HN with curl instead of Chrome or something like that
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by mikrotikker on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:17AM
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No. Society joining the internet has led to the downfall of society.
It should be left to the nerds.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by lobocinza on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:23AM
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> The internet would be a much more enjoyable place if we strive to make it as secure, useful, and accessible as possible to as many people as possible instead of gatekeeping it to a certain group we decide are worthy because they are capable of browsing HN with curl instead of Chrome or something like that
An ideal to aspire but many will use for things worst than porn.