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Why not to trust Signal (Blogpost from 2018) (drewdevault.com)

submitted 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Good summary of several red-flags in regards to using the Signal messenger.

Also interesting is this one.

Use a locally hosted XMPP with the Conversations client :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Signal's plug and play.

Conversations app requires a sign up. We can't miss out the 'once you sign up' bit - it's an important step, because it stops users.

I'd prefer XMPP myself, but, my experience tells me this isn't the best method. In a hostel people complained about privacy concerns. I told them about Signal. A few go to the PlayStore page and nearly clicked 'Install'.

At this point a bigger privacy enthusiast told them not to download it, that it's not decentralized, and to go and download new super-private thing and also add your own keys to a server here, and people just put down their phones without installing either.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago (1 children)

If you would have showed them Quicksy or Blabber.im it would have been exactly the same as Signal, except that it would not be tied to a phone number, which some travelers in a Hostel might not have available, so in fact it would have been even easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I don't read German.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

https://blabber.im/en/, I think