Single ID for messenger users
Today, we have many instant messengers. Some of them are only text, others can transmit video and sound, others promise full private and delete messages. In fact, ordinary functions are not too complicated to implement presented as something revolutionary. In my opinion, the legs of this junk are growing from "startups" (in their abusive sense). Where the "effective managers" are trying to sell the product frantically looking for advantages and differences from competitors. But the king is naked! The differences in the managers are minimal and can be significant for the user, and all these crafts have a number of global problems.
These problems grow from the time when no one imagined that the Internet would become truly global. Another problem is that rad messengers are focusing on anonymity, but actually deceiving the user.
To continue, briefly consider the problems of anonymity.
The vulnerability is not an encryption protocol or even the ability to wedge into a line for wiretapping. The main problem is the primary communication node, in this case a smartphone, tablet or other device. There is always a primary node from which a connection is made. And even if you use public networks, firstly there are outdoor surveillance cameras. You can compare the time of an event (sending a message) with the location of a certain person in a certain place. When using proxies, TOP and so on, everything is not going smoothly either. In some cases, the chain of compounds can be traced. Some high-profile cases have proven this. There is always a place for error. Dissenting paranoid people can prove anything and boast of their coolness and invulnerability, but I came to the conclusion that there is virtually no privacy on the Internet.
It's one thing when you use the simplest means of protecting privacy from Vasya Pupkin, a fake account for the war on the forums. And it’s completely different if you are interested in public services.
Now we turn to the problems of instant messengers. The main problem is user identification. Not even that, global user identification. The fact is that each messenger builds up its subscriber base, which is incompatible with other messengers and thereby increasing its significance and ghostly cost. In the hope of someday selling this unprofitable business for big money to the Corporation of Good or some other corporation. Thus, the accumulated user base is the most valuable that a particular program has.
The problem is that a user of a particular program cannot contact a user of another program. He needs to keep dozens of instant messengers on the device to communicate with everyone.
Skype is a good example of this. A heavy, clumsy, devouring resources and battery program. Combined with Facebook and showing ads to many users. This program has gained a critical mass of users at one time and was safely baked for tons of coins to the Evil Corporation, where evil goblins sawed it, added unnecessary things and glitches, and began to build it wherever possible. But it is impossible to refuse it because of a number of conservatives and the “lack of” global “alternatives. The main mistake here is that everyone makes the program! We need to create an open world protocol with open user identification. By the principle of telephone. Nothing is better than a set of numbers , for identification have not yet done. That is, the scheme (country code) - (region code) - (user number) works fine. Create an API for this protocol and let them write their applications. Then it becomes completely unimportant which application the particular user is using (just as it doesn’t matter which phone model the user currently has), he will have a single ID and the program will use a protocol compatible with other programs and a single user base. Call anyone and anywhere. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure.
This conclusion was prompted by my yesterday's epic with programs for SIP telephony.
After looking at the statistics of the operator, I realized that I pay money exclusively for the Wishlist of this operator. In fact, I do not need anything from the operator except the Internet. I was interested in programs that can call all phones that give me my own local (local) phone number and can send SMS (for a number of users who do not know about instant messengers). I got three phone numbers at my disposal yesterday in ten minutes. I decided to put one of them on voicemail and give it to different organizations. Set up forwarding the message to your email. I plan to use another as the main one. The third did not like either the quality or the implementation of the program itself.
Using the program, I can make free calls to all users of the program and for a modest subscription of $ 19.99 per year throughout the United States and Canada. For calls to other countries to landline and mobile numbers, tariffs are different but inexpensive. The most important thing here is that anyone can call me on my number and me and the one who is calling will absolutely not care what program he will use for this. I will not give the name of the programs. I believe the advanced ones will find it themselves, but the rest is not very necessary.
I publish this nonsense solely for the fourth paragraph. Maybe there are people who have desires and resources and will create such an open protocol.
These problems grow from the time when no one imagined that the Internet would become truly global. Another problem is that rad messengers are focusing on anonymity, but actually deceiving the user.
To continue, briefly consider the problems of anonymity.
The vulnerability is not an encryption protocol or even the ability to wedge into a line for wiretapping. The main problem is the primary communication node, in this case a smartphone, tablet or other device. There is always a primary node from which a connection is made. And even if you use public networks, firstly there are outdoor surveillance cameras. You can compare the time of an event (sending a message) with the location of a certain person in a certain place. When using proxies, TOP and so on, everything is not going smoothly either. In some cases, the chain of compounds can be traced. Some high-profile cases have proven this. There is always a place for error. Dissenting paranoid people can prove anything and boast of their coolness and invulnerability, but I came to the conclusion that there is virtually no privacy on the Internet.
It's one thing when you use the simplest means of protecting privacy from Vasya Pupkin, a fake account for the war on the forums. And it’s completely different if you are interested in public services.
Now we turn to the problems of instant messengers. The main problem is user identification. Not even that, global user identification. The fact is that each messenger builds up its subscriber base, which is incompatible with other messengers and thereby increasing its significance and ghostly cost. In the hope of someday selling this unprofitable business for big money to the Corporation of Good or some other corporation. Thus, the accumulated user base is the most valuable that a particular program has.
The problem is that a user of a particular program cannot contact a user of another program. He needs to keep dozens of instant messengers on the device to communicate with everyone.
Skype is a good example of this. A heavy, clumsy, devouring resources and battery program. Combined with Facebook and showing ads to many users. This program has gained a critical mass of users at one time and was safely baked for tons of coins to the Evil Corporation, where evil goblins sawed it, added unnecessary things and glitches, and began to build it wherever possible. But it is impossible to refuse it because of a number of conservatives and the “lack of” global “alternatives. The main mistake here is that everyone makes the program! We need to create an open world protocol with open user identification. By the principle of telephone. Nothing is better than a set of numbers , for identification have not yet done. That is, the scheme (country code) - (region code) - (user number) works fine. Create an API for this protocol and let them write their applications. Then it becomes completely unimportant which application the particular user is using (just as it doesn’t matter which phone model the user currently has), he will have a single ID and the program will use a protocol compatible with other programs and a single user base. Call anyone and anywhere. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure. In my opinion, this is the next step in the development of instant messengers. The mess that exists now further is impossible to endure.
This conclusion was prompted by my yesterday's epic with programs for SIP telephony.
After looking at the statistics of the operator, I realized that I pay money exclusively for the Wishlist of this operator. In fact, I do not need anything from the operator except the Internet. I was interested in programs that can call all phones that give me my own local (local) phone number and can send SMS (for a number of users who do not know about instant messengers). I got three phone numbers at my disposal yesterday in ten minutes. I decided to put one of them on voicemail and give it to different organizations. Set up forwarding the message to your email. I plan to use another as the main one. The third did not like either the quality or the implementation of the program itself.
Using the program, I can make free calls to all users of the program and for a modest subscription of $ 19.99 per year throughout the United States and Canada. For calls to other countries to landline and mobile numbers, tariffs are different but inexpensive. The most important thing here is that anyone can call me on my number and me and the one who is calling will absolutely not care what program he will use for this. I will not give the name of the programs. I believe the advanced ones will find it themselves, but the rest is not very necessary.
I publish this nonsense solely for the fourth paragraph. Maybe there are people who have desires and resources and will create such an open protocol.