Everyone focuses on Matrix, Telegram, Signal, etc. but no one mentions Keybase. What am I missing here? Seeing as though a lot of developers use Keybase as their profile page with the public key, is the chat app not as good?
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshisat OP 13 Jul 2022
Just found this after @k00b posted the fact the it was bought by Zoom: https://restoreprivacy.com/secure-encrypted-messaging-apps/keybase/
Seems like Zoom is owned by China AND I could not find a way to easily create a reproducible build from source so there's no good way to verify that the packages available from download on their website are exactly what's available and auditable on Github.
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127 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 13 Jul 2022
I suspect it's a network effect thing + the fact that keybase was swallowed by Zoom at some point.
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105 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 13 Jul 2022
Gross
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshisat OP 13 Jul 2022
Oh wow I did not know the Zoom thing. Interesting.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryptocoin 13 Jul 2022
How about a Keybase fork, minus the shitcoin (Stellar)?
https://keys.pub/#install
Also, Zoom = CCP.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @satoshisat OP 13 Jul 2022
Not sure I understand what you mean by "minus the shitcoin"? And that link you provided is very... rough. I'm looking for something that has an app and desktop client that family can use.
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptocoin 13 Jul 2022
https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-stellar-launch
and
https://medium.com/stellar-community/so-you-just-got-your-keybase-spacedrop-what-now-2398fa160d19
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshisat OP 13 Jul 2022
LOL had no idea they did that! LOL
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12 sats \ 1 reply \ @kilianbuhn 13 Jul 2022
What's the advantage of Keybase over Signal?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshisat OP 14 Jul 2022
Don't know. Not saying there is one. That said, building Signal from source is a hot mess. The amount of dependencies and packages they use is insane. Almost to the point of wondering if they do it on purpose so that people don't build from source and just download the executable they provide on their website which may or may not be the same code that's available for audit.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 13 Jul 2022
It was acquired by Zoom, which makes some people worried.
Some folks created alternative solution (for the key management part): https://keyoxide.org
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshisat OP 14 Jul 2022
That is a very interesting project. It also led me down the rabbit hole of learning about codeberg.org. So many things to learn, so little time.
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