How is it not a Telegram replacement? You can also join a private Telegram group and forward messages from there to other places with the full assurance (provided by Telegram directly) that these messages came from specific people in that group.

In any case, screenshots are enough in 90% of the cases, in other cases -- like if you have a Signal chat and people don't believe screenshots -- you can always do stuff like record a video of the chat screen in your phone or just show your phone directly, I don't know, none of this is impossible to break in the real world. Ultimately you have to trust the people you send your messages to or the people you invite to your secret group.

Also blasting cryptographically signed messages is probably not going to do anything in practice since you'll need a compliant client to even display them -- or you must be a hacker and essentially make your own client, which most people aren't and won't bother.

To me 90% of the benefits of NIP-29 are public groups though, just a way to segregate the conversation. NIP-29 started as just custom relays fit for the specific purpose of chat (as you say, the air reply stuff), but it turns out that that design is flawed in some ways, so the current NIP-29 is slightly better and more portable, more flexible.

As long as you don't get too excited about calling 'private' mode private cause it's just nip42 auth. This is not a telegram replacement.. only because nostr is designed to be censorship resistant. So you can clone a 'private' group just by joining it, And instead of screenshots you can just blast these events around as fully verified proofs..

So I don't see how it's much different from using a relay to air reply in global, other than it requires a whole new implementation of a smart relay.

That being said, I'm not really opposed to it, I could probably implement the spec for it for strfry proxy if someone gives me a reason.

The timeline thing says it's a hack to prevent notes out of context, but I hardly think that's all people use telegram for ..? Like, my post was within the last 50 posts, is that really that valuable?

this is the new prime idiot of the uk:

I want to upload a 3GB mkv movie file so my friend who is computer illiterate can stream it just by clicking on the link when i send the link through a messenger.

I tried nostr.build but it errorred out.

Simplex messenger only supports files up to 800GB and the only messenger he has access to.

I tried flare.pub but the video has no audio when i do that.

any tips are appreciated.

Wait holy shit, telegram has that too? Not so secure now

Mozilla just bought Anonym, an Ad Platform.

You can't make this shit up.

I guess privacy fighters either die early or live long enough to use their privacy credits to acquire control over people's data and sell it out for "profit".

Privacy and financial sovereignty is a game of cloak and dagger. Bitcoin does not have to 'win'; it has already been co-opted by the powers that be. Bitcoin has to send a message. Bitcoiners who refuse to see the value and use case of a privacy coin like Monero, do not understand this message.

#cybersecgirl

Why is Telegram horrible

--No MetaData Protection

(Who and When)

--Only Mobile is Encrypted

(Phones have insecure hardware) [1]

--Invented their own encryption algorithm

Unaudited with a history of security vulnerabilities [2]

--Most VoIP Numbers are Blocked

--Tor Often Blocked

--History of handing over to police [3]

--Centralized

--Forced Google/Apple Stores

(Telegram requires Google Push which is closed source,

So the binaries can't be compared to the code,

and therefore, Telegram's claim of "open source" is a lie)

Your friend will try to pressure you, claiming you're a fringe minority.

But if you repost this, we can be the majority.

(Sources linked in comments)

Yeah, if we can find a way to transfer WoT to a new key without exposing the user, that would be awesome!

Yeah agree.

My main issue is internet connectivity. It's currently very difficult to know if two proprietary Android apps are sending messages to each other and leaking private information. There is no app isolation at this level even in GrapheneOS.

Fedi, Keet and Fountain are closed source, proprietary apps popular in the wider bitcoin ecosystem.

I personally feel uncomfortable installing them.

Can closed source apps be considered freedom tech?

Indeed it is, i’m just building iOS-like controls for my cross-platform app. It’s basically an immediate mode UIKit. Then i was like… what do i need iOS for exactly? what they provide is not that hard to build, at least the ui bits.

Indeed it is, i’m just building iOS-like controls for my cross-platform app. It’s basically an immediate mode UIKit. Then i was like… what do i need iOS for exactly? what they provide is not that hard to build, at least the ui bits.

Didn't notice any change.

AND USE WHAT NOSTR-BASED ALTERNATIVE SIR?