SplinterNet

Consumer and social

peer-to-peer microblogging

SHOW HN2013

153points
66comments
#120of 1,739 in 2013
Top 7%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

5 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Idea: 3 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Neat, interesting project and idea

    From 3 comments
    • Will I ever use this: Almost definitely no. Do I think its really cool?: Hell yes.
      unix-dude on HN
    • This is great! I imagine it can also be used for areas of low connectivity or high traffic. (e.g. rural guy & postman, hurricane affected areas)
      akhilpai on HN
    • This looks like an awesome project! Another similar one to check out is called Refuge: http://refuge.io/
      danarky on HN
  • Useful for areas of low connectivity

    From 1 comment
    • This is great! I imagine it can also be used for areas of low connectivity or high traffic. (e.g. rural guy & postman, hurricane affected areas)
      akhilpai on HN

Objections

  • People will use tools they already have, like Facebook, Twitter or BBM

    From 1 comment
    • This looks like a great project. My only feedback is that in these types of situations, the tendency is for people to use the tools they already have. For the London riots that…
      moxie on HN
  • Spam or misinformation could flood the network

    From 2 comments
    • This is neat. But. If this took off, and was actually being used by people... ...and the authorities, or any other attacker, wanted to disrupt the system -- they could just put…
      jrochkind1 on HN
    • Will this promiscuously share with any other reachable running instance? Does that, combined with anonymity, create a risk that an adversary could distribute misinformation…
      jcoder on HN
  • Sideloading APKs over Bluetooth is a malware risk

    From 1 comment
    • The potential problem is that you've just described a malware author's dream. I know it's probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't believe that we should be distributing APKs…
      moxie on HN
  • Authorities could seize phones and compromise users; app is a risk to carry

    From 1 comment
    • some problems with this -authorities won't care msgs are anonymous and will assume you wrote them or know who did if your phone is seized, you will get rubber hosed anyways -just…
      derpmaster on HN

Requests

  • Signed messages for authorship

    From 3 comments
    • We are considering as a next step having signed messages so you know at least two messages came from the same person. We want to maintain anonymity to protect posters, but it'd…
      matt2000 on HN
    • Great thought on signing before secrecy. Have you looked at the ietf JOSE project for signing json?
      jchrisa on HN
    • I think PGP signing could be a great way to prove authorship on publicly available messages (in those cases where rather than anonymity one does want to definitively know who…
      eschulte on HN
  • Scrub EXIF data from images

    From 2 comments
    • I noticed you handle images, but do you scrub the EXIF data?
      chairmankaga on HN
    • No actually I don't think we do, but I'll check since that would obviously be a big problem. If you get a sec would you open an issue for us so we remember? Thanks for pointing…
      matt2000 on HN
  • Install app over Bluetooth

    From 1 comment
    • I think the app itself should be installable through bluetooth. if another user doesn't have this app installed, the app should be able to transfer its apk package to the user…
      stewie2 on HN

Questions

  • Whether Bluetooth stacks are robust enough to trust

    From 1 comment
    • I ask this from a fairly clueless, out-of-date perspective, but are the current Bluetooth stacks and implementations robust enough at this point to trust? (Aside from all the…
      pasbesoin on HN
  • What license the source uses

    From 1 comment
    • What is the licensing for SplinterNet source, please?
      spotme on HN
  • Which mesh routing protocol is used

    From 1 comment
    • What is the protocol being used for mesh routing? Has this been built on top of B.A.T.M.A.N?
      commoncents on HN

Alternatives named

  • Refuge

    From 1 comment
    • This looks like an awesome project! Another similar one to check out is called Refuge: http://refuge.io/
      danarky on HN
  • MediaGrid

    From 1 comment
    • There is a project like that, in fact (full disclosure: I am the developer): https://github.com/danstaples/MediaGrid. I bet SplinterNet could integrate well with such a backbone…
      danarky on HN
  • Secushare

    From 1 comment
  • chirp.io

    From 1 comment
    • This would be a great use for something like the chirp.io[1] protocol (data over audio). It would be much easier to use, compatible with all kinds of phones and devices, and…
      ricardobeat on HN

Category, keywords, summaries and labels on this page were made by AI (Thread Reader v2) and not checked by hand. Each point links to the comments it came from.

Add a badge to your READMEShown on HackerShow
[![Shown on HackerShow](https://hackershow.org/badge.svg)](https://hackershow.org/show/5120444)