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26 lines
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Conversations is a messenger for the next decade. Based on already established
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internet standards that have been around for over ten years Conversations isn’t
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trying to replace current commercial messengers. It will simply outlive them.
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Commercial, closed source products are coming and going. 15 years ago we had ICQ
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which was replaced by Skype. MySpace was replaced by Facebook. WhatsApp and
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Hangouts will disappear soon. Internet standards however stick around. People
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are still using IRC and e-mail even though these protocols have been around for
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decades. Utilizing proven standards doesn’t mean one can not evolve. GMail has
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revolutionized the way we look at e-mail. Firefox and Chrome have changed the
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way we use the Web. Conversations will change the way we look at instant
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messaging. Being less obtrusive than a telephone call instant messaging has
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always played an important role in modern society. Conversations will show that
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instant messaging can be fast, reliable and private. Conversations will not
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force its security and privacy aspects upon the user. For those willing to use
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encryption Conversations will make it as uncomplicated as possible. However
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Conversations is aware that end-to-end encryption by the very principle isn’t
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trivial. Instead of trying the impossible and making encryption easier than
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comparing a fingerprint Conversations will try to educate the willing user and
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explain the necessary steps and the reasons behind them. Those unwilling to
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learn about encryption will still be protected by the design principals of
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Conversations. Conversations will simply not share or generate certain
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information for example by encouraging the use of federated servers.
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Conversations will always utilize the best available standards for encryption
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and media encoding instead of reinventing the wheel. However it isn’t afraid to
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break with behavior patterns that have been proven ineffective.
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