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Show HN: Privacy Focused, Secure Chat Rooms for Secure Chatting

by misir on 10/16/19, 9:25 AM with 3 comments

• by Amir6 on 10/16/19, 12:49 PM

  "Your chats were securely encrypted using SSL, messages will not be not stored on our servers, will not backed up. "

  Is this an intentional double negative?

  A bit more technical info on how keys are generated and stored would be a good start to get people to trust the platform

• by dougk16 on 10/16/19, 4:52 PM

  Nice little idea and implementation. Since privacy/security is a goal, it might make sense to dive into one or more of the following, even if they're not on the main page:

  - The tech behind the encryption/privacy. One thing in particular is how is the "my room" feature being saved. I'm sure I could dig in myself but the average visitor may want to be assured that it's saved locally only. EDIT: Hmm nevermind it seems the chatroom name isn't being persisted. Could have sworn I left the main page and came back to the same chatroom but probably imagining things.

  - How you intend to keep the site running over the long term, funding, etc. Assure visitors that your incentives align with visitors' over the long term as much as possible.

  - Open sourcing would be another good trust signal.

  I do like the XKCD-style chat room names. I don't think I've seen that before. It's usually random alpha-numeric. Also love the minimalism, single-use aspect of it.

  Keep it up!