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  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 months ago

    For those who, like myself, have never heard of Session prior to now:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_(software)

    Session is an Australian, currently Switzerland-based, cross-platform end-to-end encrypted instant messaging application emphasizing user confidentiality and anonymity. Developed and maintained by the non-profit The Session Technology Foundation,[3] it employs a blockchain-based decentralized network for transmission. Users can send one-to-one and group messages, including various media types such as files, voice notes, images, and videos.[4]

    Session provides applications for various platforms, such as macOS, Windows, and Linux, along with mobile clients available on both iOS and Android.

    • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      blockchain

      Ok I still don’t know what this program does that’s interesting, but it sounds like another thing we don’t need.

      • Iconoclast@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        You recognize one word in there and because you associate it with cryptocurrency you dismiss the entire thing.

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          To be fair, it’s a consistent red flag.

          Blockchain is theoretically interesting. Very interesting, in certain niches. But 9 times out of 10, “blockchain-based” is code for “enshittified” or “a pyramid scheme scam from the start.” And in the cases where its implementation is altruistic, it’s still questionably sustainable or creates considerable overhead.

          • canthangmightstain@lemmy.todayEnglish
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            5 months ago

            I mean, yeah.

            But also, goddamn, are we not allowed to discuss projects with it with interest because a bunch of other assholes talked about it too much a few years back? (btw I fully expect to be having this exact conversation about genAI in about a decade)

            • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              4 months ago

              (btw I fully expect to be having this exact conversation about genAI in about a decade)

              …And you’d be a decade too late…

            • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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              4 months ago

              You can talk about it, and I won’t stop you. But, much like all this AI nonsense, I’ve tried it many times and every single time it ends up being some sort of scam, so personally, I’m not willing to indulge it any further.

        • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Yeah, that’s basic risk assessment. You can read a whole lotta stuff in a product provision but if it says “includes asbestos” you figure out pretty fast it’s v likely dangerous.