[guardian-dev] Messaging Moving Forward

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 05/17/2013 08:05 PM, Timur Mehrvarz wrote:
> On 05/18/2013 01:07 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> XMPP servers support self-registration, so really the only hard part there is
>> getting the sign-up UX right.  
> Why ask for registration at all? If the parties know how to address each
> other uniquely, then technically, there is no need for them to register.
> All they need is a "helping hand". Say, A and B have had a conversation.
> Some time later, A and C will have one. Why make the infrastructure
> aware of the fact, that A is the same party in both (all) cases? I
> assume that A's address known to B can be different from A's address
> known to C.
> 
> - Timur
> 

I agree entirely with the goal of having the server know as little as
possible, the hard part there is discovery of how to contact the other person.
 If each time you login to the server, you use a new random name, how do your
friends find you?

.hc