Pitfalls of rolling your own E2EE protocol
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The article says it's a follow-up to a previous post but doesn't link to a previous post. Looking at the post index shows no other posts. That's alienating to readers who haven't read the previous post (which is most readers). You can make the article more accessible by catching the reader up to speed in a few sentences about what they need to know.
The article also never explains what telegra.ph is, and I suspect that 90% or more of HN has never heard of the website. Even if you visit the URL, it's unclear what the website does. Some sort of blogging platform?
I was hoping to introduce both new and old readers with the "Context" section, but it seems I failed at that. The new post contains all of the content of the previous one and extends it a bit, which is why I didn't link the old one.
I removed the "Context" section now and replaced it with two short sentences addressed at readers of the previous post. I hope this makes it easier for new readers.
> Let participants verify RSA key fingerprints out of bounds
Presumably that should say "out-of-band".