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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I didn't install Signal for privacy (chrispanag.com)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Thank you, while I would like to see several changes (including a new audit) I don’t feel the underlying tech is invalidated by their server location.

Obviously people are opinionated (more so now that user bases are somewhat easily swayed post-WhatsApp awakening, it seems to me) but I too feel there are several reasons to still choose Signal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago (3 children)

I guess you can make a case that Signal is just as centralized as many other messaging services too, despite it's many notable security features. And iirc, WhatsApp is basically a fork of Signal minus some features and tighter integration with Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

WhatsApp is basically a fork of Signal

No, WhatsApp implements the Signal protocol, but that's it. Their entire codebase is proprietary (and their implementation of the Signal protocol is too).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

Whatsapp is no signal fork at all

They just implemented the same cryptographic algorithm, the app isn't open source or trustable

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

You're right. Was reading into it's history..