Hipmob
Dev tools
mobile chat sdk
SHOW HN2012
25points
15comments
#821of 1,677 in 2012
Top 49%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Privacy: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Thoughtful answers on security and data handling
From 1 comment
Femi from Hipmob here: we think we're reasonably secure. All communication to our communication network uses TLS: text, audio files or images are all encrypted in transit to/from…
fomojola on HN
Objections
Not truly peer-to-peer; messages route through servers
From 3 comments
If there's a third party doing store and forward or even just forwarding traffic, it is not "p2p". At least, not as I understand what p2p means. So any service that purports to…
udpheaders on HNIs it actually peer to peer? Based on your website's working, it looks like you send messages between two people, but use your servers to do so, which isn't exactly P2P in the…
andrewmunsell on HNI came here because I had the same question regarding P2P. Definitely confusing. I might look into changing your branding around "peer to peer". More like "one to one".
gsibble on HN
Unclear whether user chats are secure and at rest
From 2 comments
Okay, I'll bite. Are your chats secured and if so using what standards? There was a good discussion about Whatsapp regarding this last week.
gsibble on HNI know, but the question was about security, and I think the answer is incomplete without a description of your treatment of user data at rest. You're doing the normal thing, and…
quesera on HN
Maker could read users' private messages
From 1 comment
But you can spend all day and night reading users' private messages and photos, right?
quesera on HN
Requests
Support for Adobe Air Native Extension
From 1 comment
Is there any hope for Adobe Air Native Extension?
ionmade on HN
Questions
What encryption standards are used for chats
From 1 comment
Okay, I'll bite. Are your chats secured and if so using what standards? There was a good discussion about Whatsapp regarding this last week.
gsibble on HN