Nostr Web Client

Closed source bitcoin software? Sus.

I tried it and stopped when it asked me for my phone number and my contacts. Don’t feel safe even if Vexl claims everything’s encrypted, hashed etc

"We're here to help you get Bitcoin privately! First, we're gonna need your phone number." Lololol

mroz 2y ago

what a larper

It is because we need to have to create your social network. Phone numbers suit very well for this.

There are great ways to build social networks without phone numbers (look at simplex and Nostr for example), but iff you insist on using phone numbers, stop advertising as a privacy product.

More importantly, why isn't your code FOSS? How do we know your app isn't full of telemetry and other privacy/security violations? In fact... when a company refuses to FOSS, I must assume the software is full of shady shit they don't want me to see.

Look at our GitHub. Everything is opensource.

Guys, you want to get into my social network pretending you want to give me a bitcoin p2p purchase option.

Why is your software not FOSS ?

That raises more suspicion.

This. When a company pushes non-FOSS bitcoin software, I have to assume their product is full of shady/bad code they don't want me to see.

Full of telemetry? Probably.

Full of vulnerabilities? Have to assume yes.

Keeping logs of my activity? Almost certainly.

Imports 6000 unaudited libraries that each could compromise my phone? Duh.

#plebchain do not accept closed source software with your #bitcoin

Straight to the point !

Just look at our GitHub, everything is there 😉

Awesome! GitHub wasn't linked to from homepage, so I didn't know it existed. Nice!

No trust to the closed source software especially willing to have my phone number and contact list.