Ashoat Tevosyan

founder @CommDotApp
open source / build in public

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

I honestly truly believe that the defining difference between free and unfree countries in the future will be whether people own their own keys.

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

hi there

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

this is a thread

[SEED CLUB @seedclub]

4/ Creating a fully encrypted, Discord-style messenger was impossible due to latency & other tech limitations.

But Comm found a solution that functions even better for users 🌱 👇

[SEED CLUB @seedclub]

3/ Everyone in crypto uses Telegram, which is UNENCRYPTED 😱

Why?

Because encrypted messengers are mid.

And encrypted messengers for communities are nonexistent.

@Ashoat has built the solution with @CommDotApp 👇

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

and here's the whole vid

https://t.co/HDAyfgZGjm

(can also be found on your podcasting platform of choice!)

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

got to join @thattallguy and @nnnnicholas on @seedclub Internet Explorers last Fri!

check out these recap vids for a basic idea of what @CommDotApp is about

(second vid in reply)

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

vid 2

[Comm @CommDotApp]

your right to privacy matters
your right to privacy matters
your right to privacy matters
your right to privacy matters
your right to privacy matters
your right to privacy matters

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

friendship ended with lab leak

now zoonosis is my best friend

https://t.co/WwQ74RE4oi

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

If there’s one thing I want people to understand it’s this

[Comm @CommDotApp]

say it with me: privacy requires personal servers

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@pr4y3rh4nd5 @GrantSlatton @CommDotApp We've def spent time thinking about social sharding, but haven't had time to implement it. That's one of the reasons we believe that the keyserver needs to have a social layer... cryptography ultimately needs to be built around human behavior

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@LeetAlpaca3 @CommDotApp RE clients being out-of-spec, we're taking a Signal-like approach on that. We have one first-class client, and aren't focused on interop.

IMO there's no way to build a low-friction experience with a fractured client ecosystem...

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@LeetAlpaca3 @CommDotApp RE socmed, P2P, XMPP, etc I have my own opinion.

Users will never take a tradeoff for privacy. The product needs to be JUST AS GOOD (or better) as the non-private option.

The only way to get there is with personal servers. Without them, you're limited to Signal functionality.

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@LeetAlpaca3 @CommDotApp Love that you've read that piece from Moxie. I think it's important to recognize the tradeoffs he calls out... until people run their own servers, E2EE will be limited to Signal-like functionality, with all of Signal's tradeoffs around backup / discoverability / scale

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@LeetAlpaca3 @CommDotApp RE an audit, we use the Olm library for E2EE, which has been audited. Can also share a draft of our whitepaper if that's interesting

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

@GSkrovina @adamxlee @zjbrenner We're working on this at @CommDotApp. Big focus is nailing the inbox workflow for community messaging – 100% agree that email is still the best inbox. Would love to chat!

[Ashoat Tevosyan @Ashoat]

This is why we need E2E encryption.

Crazy that they want to charge a teen for a joke in a group chat

[Cate Hall @catehall]

This story is wild: a teenager joked in a private group chat “On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban).” Message was intercepted over airport WiFi, reported to Spanish intel which scrambled jets, he’s now on the hook for $120k

[Comm @CommDotApp]

Our mission is simple: build a messenger with full E2E encryption without sacrificing the features users love, like communities, reactions, roles, threads, and more. 🎯

[Comm @CommDotApp]

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