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Signal Server is effectively closed source software right now (lemmy.ml)

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

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The Signal Server repository hasn't been updated since April 2020. There are a bunch of links about this here but I found this thread the most interesting.

To me, this is unforgivable behaviour. Signal always positioned themselves as "open source", and the Server itself is under the best license for server software (AGPLv3 -- which raises questions about the legality of this situation).

Signal's whole approach to open source has constantly been underwhelming to say the least. Their budget-Apple attitude (secrecy, i.e. "we can never engage the community directly", "we will never merge/accept PRs", etc) has lead to its logical conclusion here, I guess. I have been somewhat of a "Signal apologist" thus far (I almost always defend them & I think a lot of criticism they get it very unfair) but yeah I'm over Signal now.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 years ago (2 children)

I feel like lots of "privacy-oriented" mainstream tech discourse is a psyop designed to direct people to honeypots or even just inferior solutions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Pro US all the way down. It's why all the reddit "privacy" subs praise microsoft, apple, signal, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Off-topic, but the US-centrism is what put me off reddit entirely. I just can't go there anymore because it makes me immediately feel like a foreigner in another country. I sometimes wish there was an internet-wide filter for anything US.

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

Same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Unfortunately, you will also find it here, but it manifests to a lesser degree.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Yes it's called advertisement and it's the byproduct of an ego/profit-driven society ;)

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

Never underestimate how many people are paid to influence product reviews, social media, message boards and so on.