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You are missing a crucial aspect of this. There is no identifier. Only a connection. An identifier is something that relates to more than one thing. A connecti
by ajani 3y ago
You are missing a crucial aspect of this. There is no identifier. Only a connection.
An identifier is something that relates to more than one thing. A connection is its two endpoints. It is those ends.
Who is at each end is unknown and cannot be known without resorting to grabbing all users devices.
- largbae 3y agoThat isn't what GP is saying. In order to effectively use the chat, you are going to tag that connection identifier with a name like Joe on your endpoint device, so that when a message comes in you remember this was the conversation with Joe. The server may not know that this is you and Joe, but you do.
- account-5 3y agoYeah, that was my take. The issue with end to end encryption is the ends. The ends are the weak link. I think though that simplex may be the best option in this regard though. The user has to know who they are speaking with, but here the user can choose not to tag the connection, and therefore take on the mental load of remembering which connection identifier referred to which person. Having not used this chat I don't know how easy thing might be but I do remember, before mobile phones were a thing, being able to remember at least 8 phone numbers that I used to call regularly. Certainly if it called for it you could do this with simplex?
- ajani 3y agoOr you could tag it "Fox Terrier" and only you know why you gave your friend Juan that name.
- OJFord 3y ago'queue ID' is their own term in doc I linked.