[HN Gopher] API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate
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       API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate
        
       Author : StreamBright
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2022-03-25 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sslshopper.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sslshopper.com)
        
       | defulmere wrote:
       | Hmm, valid now but with a self-signed cert. Was the original
       | self-signed?
        
         | songgao wrote:
         | Yes, this has always been the case. The root CA is embedded in
         | the Keybase client:
         | https://github.com/keybase/client/blob/master/go/libkb/ca.go
         | 
         | This provides a way to add some protection against a polluted
         | trusted CA store.
        
           | defulmere wrote:
           | Thanks!
        
       | gnufx wrote:
       | Suppose you only want a replacement for the key management part
       | of keybase, what is there to be recommended? I know of
       | https://keys.pub/ and https://keyoxide.org/ but the former (from
       | someone ex-keybase) has no recent activity and a "not audited"
       | warning, which at least is good to see.
        
       | udia wrote:
       | Observing network errors when attempting to send messages within
       | Keybase.
        
       | proactivesvcs wrote:
       | For the identity verification part of Keybase - but decentralised
       | - Keyoxide may be of interest: https://keyoxide.org/
        
         | ccooffee wrote:
         | I found the "What is Keyoxide?" page a useful explanation that
         | was missing from the homepage:
         | https://docs.keyoxide.org/getting-started/what-is-keyoxide/
         | 
         | I never found the identity/distributed-account thing on keybase
         | useful, as I explicitly DO NOT want my accounts linked, but if
         | that's your thing, definitely worth checking out.
        
       | pram wrote:
       | Pretty sure Keybase is abandonware since Zoom bought them.
        
         | Klathmon wrote:
         | Yeah looking at the commit graph for the keybase client shows a
         | pretty obvious acquisition date..
         | 
         | https://github.com/keybase/client/graphs/contributors
        
           | ezekg wrote:
           | That really sucks to see. I liked Keybase a lot but have
           | since abandoned it myself too. Shame.
        
         | pm90 wrote:
         | Its a shame since I genuinely loved Keybase. I've just not felt
         | the same way about another messaging app. Signal appears to be
         | the safest but since WhatsApp is e2e encrypted and most of my
         | social network is there already I'm stuck with it.
        
           | ognarb wrote:
           | Matrix is also a nice choice. E2ee and decentralized.
        
             | xvector wrote:
             | But with poorly audited clients and metadata retention
             | issues compared to Signal
        
           | molszanski wrote:
           | Check out telegram. It surprisingly awesome in so many ways.
           | Ultrafast native client on all platforms, very user friendly,
           | time tested, stable, fully packed with features etc.
        
             | Shank wrote:
             | I love Telegram, but I want to state it clearly: the
             | default chat scheme isn't end-to-end encrypted, which
             | Keybase is. Therefore, it's not a drop-in replacement.
        
               | chockchocschoir wrote:
               | And also the more obvious difference: Telegram requires a
               | telephone number, Keybase did not.
        
           | sirmike_ wrote:
           | https://wire.com/en/ is what i have used for years. YMMV.
        
             | GeckoEidechse wrote:
             | Yeah I switched away from Wire again due to constant
             | notification issues (yes battery saving options are
             | disabled on Android). My session has since timed out and
             | trying to log back in on either mobile or desktop just
             | causes the app to crash.
             | 
             | Also there's no Matrix bridge for Wire compared to Signal.
             | 
             | The multi-account support was nice and is something I'd
             | really love to see in Matrix.
        
             | RL_Quine wrote:
             | I can't get these annoying people to stop sending me spam
             | email, despite having unsubscribed probably 20 times at
             | least. If they can't be trusted to not flood out email
             | inboxes, they can't be trusted with anything else.
        
           | panick21_ wrote:
           | I love the encrypted git and the file system.
        
           | [deleted]
        
         | pxeger1 wrote:
         | Reasonable guess. Zoom openly admitted they were basically just
         | poaching the team, so it would make sense if they stopped
         | working on Keybase.
         | 
         | If it's really abandoned, it's somewhat surprising it's kept
         | working this long.
        
           | SXX wrote:
           | It's just sad they couldn't just sell the service itself.
           | After all someone might acquire and maintain it.
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | mfer wrote:
       | Time to move to Matrix? There is e2e messaging there.
        
       | throwra620 wrote:
        
       | atonse wrote:
       | Really sad to see Keybase atrophy even though I'm happy for the
       | team that got acquired.
       | 
       | I wish they'd just open source the whole thing or donate it to
       | the apache foundation or something.
        
       | StreamBright wrote:
       | It seems they fixed it.
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | floren wrote:
       | It's only a matter of time for Keybase. Sad, because we've been
       | using it for work communications since the very beginning... I
       | remember talking to colleagues back in the day saying basically
       | "I love Keybase, but I'm kind of nervous if they don't have a
       | plan to make money". Sure enough: acquihire.
        
       | Rebelgecko wrote:
       | Looks like a new cert was issued today. App is working fine for
       | me
        
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