[liberationtech] Feedback req: Tinfoil SMS
Karl Fogel
kfogel at red-bean.com
Fri Oct 4 08:48:40 PDT 2013
Griffin Boyce <griffin at cryptolab.net> writes:
> My feedback is that Tinfoil SMS will not gain much traction as its
>name marginalizes its users. Wanting more security is not sketchy.
>Wanting privacy is not a "tinfoil hat" situation. Cheekiness can be
>good, but this is a space where you start out at a disadvantage and
>having a name that inspires confidence is important.
+1 all over what Griffin said.
For the same reason I wear a suit when showing up to a protest :-), it
would be nice to choose app names that don't force potential users to
reconsider their self-identity. Let's mainstream security, not
marginalize it.
-K
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