> APIs could enable a lot of features that people are asking for like location sharing
Please, no. You don't need that as a feature when you can drop a maps link.
> it could serve as the backbone of a mesh network
????? What?
> For power users I'd love to see a nuking capability. Bidirectional. I want to know that if I am at a protest or something and get picked up by the Gestapo that either I or a trusted friend can wipe my phone.
If you are at a protest with your phone, you are very likely leaking enough signals intelligence to identify, analyze, and monitor you and the entire group you are/were in contact with.
To me? All of these requests sound like things that would make the app the exact opposite of what I am looking for. Right now it is damn near perfect.
This does not update over time. So it has some serious limitations. The feature is actually quite helpful when meeting up with others, especially on longer road trips. It's a good way to allow the other person to know when to expect me as well as them know if I'm safe or have had hiccups. Means I am not using my phone while driving.
> ????? What?
For that link the user was talking about sending multimedia directly between devices, like "Airdrop". Why stop at pictures and videos? Why not texts? If these are short range then why send over the servers? It saves Signal server costs as well as provides some extra privacy and security for users as their messages cannot be gobbled up over the network (you'd have to be physically in range). Capture and decrypt later (the motivation Post-Quantum resistance, as discussed in the Signal blog post) can't be done if you don't capture, right?
There is real desire to still be able to communicate at times when networks are down. Be that a natural disaster, a crowded/congested area, or a government shutdown. Means of passing digital media during such events is still critical. It's not like we pass each other physical notes anymore. Plus, behind a secure protocol that's a bonus.
> If you are at a protest with your phone
Yeah sure, but reducing signals and information leakage is better than not reducing, right? Privacy and security are not binary things, they are continuums.
> To me?
Why?
Do these things stop you from using the app the way you currently use it?
Please, no. You don't need that as a feature when you can drop a maps link.
> it could serve as the backbone of a mesh network
????? What?
> For power users I'd love to see a nuking capability. Bidirectional. I want to know that if I am at a protest or something and get picked up by the Gestapo that either I or a trusted friend can wipe my phone.
If you are at a protest with your phone, you are very likely leaking enough signals intelligence to identify, analyze, and monitor you and the entire group you are/were in contact with.
To me? All of these requests sound like things that would make the app the exact opposite of what I am looking for. Right now it is damn near perfect.