Show HN: Shuteye - "As private as possible" video conferencing

2 points by mjstahl 12 years ago | 4 comments

I wanted to submit this to the brilliant people of Hacker News hoping to get some constructive feedback.

I am writing a couple blog posts on the design process. The first one is located at: http://blog.shuteye.co/post/61493917659/designing-a-product-to-be-as-private-as-possible

The project is live, but the charging of credit cards is fake at this time. To 'purchase' sessions use the credit card number '4242 4242 4242 4242', any valid expiration date, and valid CVC code.

Thank you everyone in advance for your feedback.

@markjstahl

Nanzikambe 12 years ago |

Interesting concept, seems to me that it falls down when it comes to payment. After all, your user will have to identify themselves at that point - even if it's only to you.

Do you intend to broaden the payment's to include bitcoin or similar?

mjstahl 12 years ago | |

Yes. Being that I implemented this very quickly. I am still reviewing more anonymous payment options.

I figured that the most immediate approach was to use Stripe's client library, and not accept any name or address.

I use the Stripe client library to send the customer details to Stripe and I receive a 'user id' which is used to process the payment and then thrown away (much like the email address provided).

On one hand, the information on individual users can not be requested from directly, but could be requested from Stripe.

I wonder if a Visa pre-pay card would work.

amavisca 12 years ago | | |

Handing my information to Stripe defeats the entire purpose of your application.