WhatsApp are owned by a company that is known to cooperate with PRISM. For that reason, I can't trust them.

Unless they are covertly decrypting them on the fly using a master key.

Shouldn't that be impossible by definition?

I think it would be possible to include additional data in the E2E handshake that would allow a third party to extract the session key.

The crypto might be superior, but we do not know for sure that Whatsapp/Facebook is not covertly decrypting the messages and funneling through some Prism v2 NSA surveillance operation.

You can say say the same about Telegram, can you not?

No, it is not safe to assume that. Edward Snowden already proved that we cannot trust large US corporations.

Thats what I said. You have to trust them. As far as we know they can not read it. Its fully possible that its not true but its far more likely that it is true.

If the work together with the NSA then its more likly that they deploy bad updates to individuels rather then deploying a backdoor to everybody. That is to easy to detect and it would be a marketing desaster.

No, you said it is safe to assume they can't read your messages, which is the exact opposite to what Snowden said. What you personally think is true, likely etc is irrelevant. Facebook could be compelled to release private keys/data to the US government and not tell anyone and you'd be none the wiser.

It would not suprise me if they had invented some kind of AI to control their "female accounts".

A part of me wonders if I should believe this, and the story about the Apple case. Or maybe it is all just a conspiracy to gain our trust.

fetch does not support cancellation or onprogess events.

MobX is a nice alternative paradigm to Redux that is gaining traction in the React community. It allows you to declare your data as observable, so that components can update automatically to changes.

https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx

Thanks so much for sharing this, it's exactly what I've been looking for, coming from working with Meteor for a while.

this is looks really sweet. Is there a list anywhere of what type of app makes sense with mobX vs redux?

Take a look at MobX. It's a different paradigm that requires very little boilerplate and results in more isolated components that react independently upon changes to state. https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx

My strategy when I meet a girl I like is to exchange numbers, but have no intention of contacting them. The girl always has to contact the guy first. It's just how it works.

Trust me, this is not true. Initiating contact is not only acceptable, but quite often preferred. Generally this approach is just protecting your self-esteem.

No, it's a sign of respect. In these days of Tinder, girls are used to guys hitting on them all the time. By not contacting them, you are actually sending a message.

It's quite possible to communicate romantic interest in a way that wouldn't make the other person uncomfortable or suggest disrespect.

Speaking as a woman, the message I would get from this is, "I'm not that interested."

This is not great advice because girls aren't as proactive and they have plenty of old and new guys to distract them.

I see it like those grammar errors in scam emails - making people self-select themselves for qualities you want.

Even at crazy low success rate, it's still only a matter of time.

There are guys I meet that I think could become my best friend or a great future co-founder. But I never call or text them, because I get busy with work and life.

>The girl always has to contact the guy first. It's just how it works

That seems a bit childish.

Not only that, it seems like an ineffective strategy. I can't imagine you'd get more than a 10% response rate from this - and that's if you are exceedingly attractive. If you are just an average joe, this strategy basically does not work. If I had enough things going on in my life though I'd also always wait for the woman to contact me first because I've been used and manipulated too many times and don't see most women as worth the effort.

I'd make a wager that the original commenter we're referring to is from the UK.

Men initiating interest with women isn't a universal cultural standard and that's one of the places where women asking men out is much more common.

I am from the UK.

Nailed it. :D

That's because it is. Most people grow out of this sort of thing, eventually.