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Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Security Snag (futurism.com)
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[-] einlander@lemmy.world 57 points 4 weeks ago

Meshtastic with venture capital.

[-] forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

which is ironic considering Meshtastic is better than this shit tbh. VC just hard forked it and set it down the great path to enshittification

[-] blah3166@piefed.social 43 points 4 weeks ago

fuck anything jack dorsey touches.

[-] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 weeks ago

If it runs through a Bluetooth mesh network, wouldn’t that mean you would need a substantial userbase for this to be viable whatsoever unless you are physically near the people you want to message?

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 41 points 4 weeks ago

Yes. Which isn't a deal-breaker. But definitely a limiter in application. Something like this or Briar would be useful for example on large marches or public protests. Though maybe not this with apparently how insecure and poorly thought out it is. Which I suppose is on brand for Dorsey.

[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago

God hates people who abuse a security vulnerability disclosure to write a shitty clickbait article, and there's an extra special place in hell for those who mention a name that's cool to hate in the title to bring more clicks.

These are the founding principles of my new religion. We meet at fridays. Bring your own cookies...

[-] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 20 points 4 weeks ago

Dorsey's new open source messaging app, Bitchat Bluetooth-based

Does that already exist? https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/#briar I'm not sure how "decentralized" it is, but it is probably at least somewhat decentralized.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Bit chat

Or

Bitch @

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bitch @

100%

[-] unixcat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Briar is Android only. Bitchat is an iOS app (may have an Android port in the future though, I think).

[-] jared@mander.xyz 10 points 4 weeks ago

Reticulum works over alternative networks.

[-] londos@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Wasn't this what FireChat was?

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, but that was proprietary.

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