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I hope this open-source project can help so that we all benefit from such openness. And I'm convinced that such software should not be closed-source and in the need for a…",{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"8039914","Exactly, this is why I hope this app can prove beneficial and I hope that any weaknesses are found by people checking the code. And, of course, the possible risk factors \"lies\"…",[57,63],{"value":58,"source":48,"evidence":59},"PHP (server-side)",[60],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"8037519","I don't think this is a bad decision, but I'm sure that it's not the optimal solution, either. I chose PHP just for the sake of rapid prototyping. I actually planned to rewrite…",{"value":64,"source":48,"evidence":65},"Android app",[66,69],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"8037320","Thanks! On the GitHub page, there is a link to the app in Google Play [1] and this is where the screenshots can be found. I'm quite sure the app is not really beautiful (yet), so…",{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"8039677","Exactly. Sorry, should have mentioned that. I wasn't really sure how to handle this. The problem is that (a) the app is optimized for phones and (b) it has to ask the user to…","open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":76,"objections":96,"requests":126,"questions":138,"alternatives":149},[77,89],{"value":78,"source":79,"evidence":80},"Open-source approach is welcomed","commenter",[81,85],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"8037940","sarciszewski","I like that you made this open source. I'll reserve criticism for GitHub issues \u002F pull requests, but overall I applaud your efforts. :D",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"8038012","tabrischen","Interesting concept of pseudonymity. If your friend only has one or a few friends, there's a pretty good chance that they'll the identify of the poster. In generally, I love the…",{"value":90,"source":79,"evidence":91},"Good job on the project",[92],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"8037300","vdaniuk","First of all, good job. Secondly, do you have any plans to put the project to practical use? 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I would argue that in this day and age, that is a bad decision. There are simply better, lighter weight languages to use that will get you going faster and cause less…",[127,134],{"value":128,"source":79,"evidence":129},"Provide screenshots",[130],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"8037236","Hortinstein","thanks for putting this out here, I will use this as a resource for a project I was planning on getting started on. I am excited to play around with it. Do you have any…",{"value":135,"source":79,"evidence":136},"Support tablets",[137],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},[139,145],{"value":140,"source":79,"evidence":141},"Is the encryption key stored alongside the ciphertext?",[142],{"id":143,"by":132,"text":144},"8037419","great one more question, on my rough inspection it looks like the encrypted text and the key is stored in the same database entry. pardon my lack of knowledge, but this seems…",{"value":146,"source":79,"evidence":147},"Is this a practical product or a tinkering project?",[148],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},[150,161],{"value":151,"source":79,"evidence":152},"Secret",[153,157],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"8037379","crystaln","Curious if this takes the same pains with anonymity as Secret itself, where identities and post associations are, supposedly, opaque even to individual founders - it takes at…",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"8037345","dmbass","The title makes a dubious connection between their valuation and their technology. I guess that Secret investors are not interested in the technology but rather the network of…",{"value":162,"source":79,"evidence":163},"WhatsApp",[164],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"8037661","api","These kinds of startups really aren't tech startups. They're media startups. It's not about their technology. When Facebook bought WhatsApp they were not buying technology. That…",{"comments":169,"answered":34,"key":170},23,[171,174,175],{"id":172,"text":173},"8038675","Thank you! That's great, criticism is probably most durable and helpful on GitHub, anyway :)",{"id":51,"text":52},{"id":176,"text":177},"8039668","By the way, to address the problem of guessing your friends' identity: I know this is a critical point in the system and thus I added something to prevent that guessing, of…",{"commenters":179,"max_depth":32,"maker_replies":169,"first_comment_mins":180,"lifespan_hours":169},28,37,[182,184,186,188,190,192,194,196,198,200,202,205,207,208,210,212,216,217,219,221,222,224,227,231,234,237,240,243,246,248,250,252,254,256,258,259,261,264,266,269,272,275,278,280,282,284,287,289,292,295,297,300,303,306,307,309,311,314],[82,38,38,183,83,38],"commenter\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[172,38,38,185,11,33],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[86,33,43,187,87,38],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fprivacy",[51,33,38,189,11,33],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[176,33,38,191,11,33],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fprivacy",[193,31,38,185,11,33],"8037149",[93,31,43,195,94,38],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[197,31,38,195,11,33],"8038690",[116,31,33,199,117,38],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution",[70,31,38,201,11,33],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[203,31,43,185,204,38],"8040449","JVIDEL",[206,31,38,185,11,33],"8042236",[154,43,43,191,155,38],[209,43,38,191,11,33],"8037478",[211,43,43,191,83,38],"8037696",[213,43,33,214,215,38],"8038704","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fprivacy","drdaeman",[54,43,38,191,11,33],[131,39,32,218,132,38],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[67,39,38,220,11,33],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[143,39,33,214,132,38],[223,39,38,191,11,33],"8037495",[225,39,38,226,132,38],"8038892","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fprivacy",[228,32,38,229,230,38],"8040279","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","Lidador",[232,32,38,233,11,33],"8042245","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[165,235,38,236,166,38],6,"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[238,235,38,229,239,38],"8037771","jmhobbs",[241,235,38,229,242,38],"8037801","timtamboy63",[244,235,38,245,166,38],"8037913","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[247,235,38,245,11,33],"8039942",[249,235,38,236,11,33],"8039938",[101,251,33,214,102,38],7,[253,251,38,191,11,33],"8038632",[255,251,38,226,215,38],"8038717",[257,251,38,245,11,33],"8039941",[105,251,33,214,106,38],[260,251,38,191,11,33],"8039927",[262,34,32,189,263,38],"8037349","gremlinsinc",[265,34,38,233,11,33],"8037499",[158,267,33,268,159,38],9,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[270,267,33,268,271,38],"8037452","tibbon",[273,267,38,229,274,38],"8037669","lhnz",[276,267,38,229,277,38],"8038667","trhway",[279,267,38,245,11,33],"8037546",[123,281,33,199,124,38],10,[283,281,38,229,124,38],"8037354",[285,281,38,229,286,38],"8037416","eropple",[288,281,38,201,11,33],"8037509",[290,281,38,229,291,38],"8037548","swalkergibson",[293,281,38,229,294,38],"8038909","SuperKlaus",[296,281,38,229,83,38],"8037718",[298,281,38,229,299,38],"8037774","federico3",[301,281,38,229,302,38],"8038364","tene",[304,281,38,245,305,38],"8038476","opendais",[61,281,38,201,11,33],[308,281,38,229,83,38],"8037716",[310,281,38,229,11,33],"8039949",[312,281,43,201,313,38],"8039623","domiono",[315,281,38,201,11,33],"8039961",[],[318,323,327,332,336,340],{"id":319,"name":320,"points":321,"category":322},"8036648","Pangoly",778,"dev_tools",{"id":324,"name":325,"points":326,"category":322},"8016307","Breach",405,{"id":328,"name":329,"points":330,"category":331},"8042051","Papa Parse",363,"languages",{"id":333,"name":334,"points":335,"category":322},"8028704","Tools of the Trade",321,{"id":337,"name":338,"points":339,"category":322},"8023713","cv",252,{"id":341,"name":342,"points":343,"category":344},"8037633","Realm (YC S11)",188,"data",false,"v2",{"id":348,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":345,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":349,"top":18,"kw":350,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":38,"strip":351,"url":9,"mix":352,"praise":78,"objection":98,"sub":21},8036890,-0.26,[24,25,26,27],"0030301330315100000001001511001000000003",[31,32,33,34],1794036520075]