Here is what puzzles me every time about telegram (which is my primary messager so far)

I can get the reasons behind not doing e2e encryption by default to reach more audience (msgs history, lack of resources on start, special backups)

What I cannot get is why Durov is blaming FB/WhatsApp that much, it seems to be the main competitor. As for me the story with WhatsApp is clear, it's Facebook and if you like being Zucked - go with it. But why so much hate on it?

On the other hand, every time Signal pops up the only answer I see: 'because it does only e2e well which is only one feature of Telegram' - wrong, Signal does secure messaging and messager has to do its job well, that's it. You need a media platform - go for Telegram/WhatsApp/Facebook, you need a messager - use Signal/Wire/etc

Does anyone else feels this bias towards WhatsApp? I cannot blame WhatsApp for being WhatsApp, that's how FB makes money

There was & may still be a lot of anger towards WhatsApp. It was only after it became the de facto messaging app for most of the world that it became a FB property, so I think people felt either betrayed, hoodwinked, or simply trapped without a good exit. Compare to FB Messenger, which was always a FB product from day one, so you always knew what you were getting.

What you say makes sense, In any case, I am glad WhatsApp founder put some money into Signal, he's done an amazing job and deserves all the money.

I am from another side of messagers, as Viber concured Easter Europe - Telegram seemed like an obvious choice after VK got stolen from Durov. Signal was not that popular, that's why I did not start migration earlier

TL;DR

A TG server was sending a "salt" to clients in order to randomize keys (telegram claim) when in fact the "salt" turned out useless in terms of encryption and the only reasonable explanation for the "nonce" was using it as a backdoor to perform MITM attack.

You decide whether it was done intenionally or because of lack of sleep/understanding

PS. an original author got 100k$ for finding/exposing a potential backdoor.

what was the main reason that made you built it? Did you want to have a QR code generator that works locally on a mac?

Main reason is playing with macOS frameworks. And second - i've seen that all other apps using online backends. So they can't be used if computer is offline.

Thank you! Really appreciate your kind words :) Have a great day

you need to get Dev Edition for XPS, otherwise you are going to struggle

PS. Ex-Dell XPS user

Quick word though, if you have issues with dell software on Linux you're SOL even if you pay for software support. Dell does not offer any paid support for Linux machines they sell or software they distribute on them.

Mind explaining why you're an ex-dell xps user?

Sure,

Dell XPS is an outstanding laptop, I've not found yet better laptop if you don't like macs

However, Dell is not going to be my next machine because:

- dev edition is hard to get (at least for me) and regular version does not work well with Linux (finger scanner requires to install OS patches, WiFi is dropping ocasionally , I had some crappy WiFi adapter installed in 2017/18, scaling is a big issue etc)

- mine XPS had a weirdly placed camera (bottom left corner)

- again, mine model did not have 4k display (comparing to retina I had back then)

- 13" is too small and 15" is too heavy, I would like something in the middle which might seem weird for you

- there is no finger scanner for dev edition (Yubico is here to help)

As you see those are very minor and subjective issues. Dell is a favourite machine of a friend of mine for years already, however I find Apple winning premium laptops battle in my eyes.

Completely agree with all your points here, even though I bought a 2020 pro (big sur is badass).

However, every time I read comments like that I feel like someone from the System76 is monitoring HN and posting evil marketing comments :D

PS. Love System76, going to order it LOL

yep, wearable, like a ring would be a clincher.

I really like Yubico and fingerpring scanner is an awesome idea, would be really happy to bring my fingerprint instead of relying on laptops. On the other hand, a wearable would be a whole new level, like thinking 2 steps ahead

I could see Yubikey going to a NFC ring at some point. For PCs all they would have to offer is a USB NFC transceiver.

There are probably still some engineering challenges getting all the cryptographic functions and NFC power transfer into the form factor, but it seems like those will get easier over time.

Almost exactly what I thought, however specs are too low for me to ditch the bar no matter how useless it is comparing to physical keys

This is an awesome idea, I really love the writing and products presented (TLDR; SimpleAnalytics, BunnyCDN, Intergram). Good luck with LMA, this is an awesome product

IMO, the "cookies banner" does not help to make internet safer, only worsening UI, add a few more banners and there is no content left. How many people who don't know how internet works hit "Disagree" if we still refuse to pay for e-services

I've tried it in the NextCloud and it's pretty usable. Of course formatting can be off if you need some advanced staff, but for basic formatting it's a pretty good alternative for Google Docs. As a 2 years Linux user in a past it's much better than LibreOffice was 5 years ago, at least I can confirm it's usable.