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shiranaihito  ·  3432 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The toxicity of Tox

Looks like WhisperSystems does open source though: https://github.com/whispersystems/

The main concerns I have with regard to security software for the masses are:

- It's seriously difficult to get crypto right. You need to be a true expert to produce genuinely secure software.

- Most of the people who can get crypto right are a bunch of psychopaths selling their hacks to spy agencies and governments around the world, i.e. (other psychopaths and) exactly the people that should not have them.

- It's really difficult to make security software accessible enough for mass adoption.

As far as I can tell, WhisperSystems is the closest to pulling it off despite the problems.