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jorgeribs

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Co-founder of Bridgefy; on Twitter as @jorgeribs
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jorgeribs··on Bridgefy, the messenger promoted for mass protests, is a privacy disaster
Hi everyone, I'm Jorge, founder at Bridgefy.

We're acutely aware of this conversation, and know that we must prioritize the safety of our user base. All of the issues reported on the article are already being fixed, and we should have updates published in the next few weeks.

Here's our blog post: https://bridgefy.me/bridgefys-commitment-to-privacy-and-secu...

As always, we're available to keep the conversation going; please refer to the email address included in the blog post.

Thanks!

jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
How is that a dark pattern? It's better if you do verify, so you can see your contacts and others can know it's you. If that fails, then we offer to use the app without verification.
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Since we use Bluetooth Low Energy and the algorithm works to make broadcasting/forwarding efficient, we've found that running messages for 24 hours consumes around 7-10% battery total on an average device. These numbers may differ depending on the OS, device, usage, etc. but in a nutshell: we don't consider battery consumption to be a problem.
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Well said petre, that's the perfect answer.
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Sorry about that! Our official website is indeed www.bridgefy.me, and we should have www.bridgefy.com recovered in a short while.
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
That's exactly why, whoopdedo :)
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Basically anything text-based (messages, location, triggers), and as technologies improve, so will Bridgefy as it's protocol -agnostic :)
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Hi! You can skip the SMS verification step, which is how thousands of people have used it after earthquakes and hurricanes :) we also have an SDK so that developer can create their own app and make it work however they want.
jorgeribs··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
Hi everybody, I'm Jorge, founder of Bridgefy. Happy to answer any questions!
jorgeribs··on Launch HN: Stacks (YC S14) – The first SEC-qualified crypto token offering
Welp guess not
jorgeribs··on Launch HN: Stacks (YC S14) – The first SEC-qualified crypto token offering
Several companies have tried to create blockchain-based products using offline mesh networks, but there's the problem of there not being a ledger, and thus transactions not being able to be confirmed. Do you think blockchain-centric companies could integrate technologies like, say, Bridgefy to enable their mobile products to work without Internet and thus become more decentralized?