A place for developers to talk about building on Farcaster.

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Messaging is broken. It’s all about to change. 

Apple shuts downs Advanced Data Protection in UK. 

Encryption isn’t enough anymore.

What good is an encrypted network when the same company owns the key to your decrypted messages sitting in iCloud? 

This is when it all starts to shift. Many Local apps, a global secure & decentralized network.

Have you tried SimpleX? It uses the Tor network to relay messages between users. Privacy is unmatched, at a bit of user experience cost.

Hey, I'm a self-taught 27 year developer. I'm doing full-stack by day, and learning to build games by night.

I love the founder and vision. The product is so complicated. Also, not great for developers and a protocol separate from app.