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@u_tamtam@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

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@u_tamtam@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto standard for private commu...
  • @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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    17•2 years ago

    Make the server open source maybe?

    • Chris Ely
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      Done.

      https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

      @MonkderZweite

      • @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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        8•2 years ago

        Did i confuse something?

        Well, thanks!

        • @Flipper@feddit.de
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          9•2 years ago

          But you won’t be able to talk to someone on the official servers

          • @AlecSadler@lemmy.world
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            1•2 years ago

            Molly does?

            • @Flipper@feddit.de
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              1•2 years ago

              Unless something changed here is Blogpost why they don’t federate https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/

    • @u_tamtam@programming.devOP
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      17•2 years ago

      Signal isn’t a federated protocol, so even if they were incentivized to release all the server bits and pieces, it would not help. You could run your own, but wouldn’t be able to reach-out to your friends running theirs.

    • @Zozano@aussie.zone
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      10•2 years ago

      pUt iT oN tHe BlOcKcHaiN bRo!

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