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Telegram doesn't use end-to-end encryption by default. It's marketed as a secure messenger, but it's comparable to Facebook Messenger or Google Allo.

Newsboat is a fork of Newsbeuter. "The only difference is that Newsboat is actively maintained while Newsbeuter isn't." https://newsboat.org/ There's also Elfeed for Emacs https://…

Yes. Use Firefox Reader View by clicking the icon in the address bar or press CTRL + ALT + R.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/115005045728-Do...

We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time …

Here you go, reproducible builds. https://whispersystems.org/blog/reproducible-android/ Removing encrypted sms messages wasn't inexplicably dropped. It was explained and one of the…

More enthusiastic about privacy and free software. I often see worse apps recommended for privacy reasons, so why not bring up the flaws in those and what's better about this. If s…

Location tracking is possible without GPS module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking What's your threat model? https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/introduction-threat-mod…

I'd argue that if someone wants to get a flip phone for privacy reasons they should be able to not download shady apps and give them permissions without thinking.

You can see if your message was sent to the server and if the message was sent to your friends phone. I haven't really had any problems delivering messages apart from one time when…

No affiliation, and never talked to Moxie or any other dev as far as I know.

Apps on your smartphone only get access to your messages if you give them permission.

> People with security, budget and privacy concern go for flip phones. No. That ensures you can't send encrypted messages or do encrypted calls. Also see one of the reasons Signal …

Signal has that too https://whispersystems.org/blog/disappearing-messages/ And using GCM is only a problem for people running a custom Android ROM without Google Play Services. The…

Telegram isn't secure. Use Signal if you want a proper secure messenger. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/why-you-should-stop-using-... > "Encryption works best if it's ubiquitous…

> 1) Again I'm not talking about verification of whoever is on the other side of the conversation, its about hijacking the account (whether by breaking into the Tel-Co system or ha…

> On the first point: Account authentication (when you setup your account or when you add a new device) is done via a non encrypted text message delivered to you by the tel-co serv…

> What I can not comprehend is how respectable people and experts like Snowden and others from EFF can get behind a messenger that its authentication is based on cell phone numbers…

A bit disappointing that you left them out of your comment as well.

> My ideal goal would be a universal, federated protocol, but even having libraries for each protocol with a unified API would make things already easier. And Moxie is fighting for…

> If they can’t fork it while still using your servers, and you refuse to allow federation, how the FUCK is it open in any way? What makes you think you have a right to demand fede…

Edward Snowden, Bruce Schneier, Matt Green and a few more. I think it's secure because it's been audited, because I trust the experts who say that it is secure, because of http://s…

They have explained what the permission is needed for http://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/21253585... They have a privacy policy https://whispersystems.org/signal/p…

Seems reasonable that an app that's used for messaging my contacts has access to my contacts. What exactly are you nervous about?

https://www.whispersystems.org/bigbrother/ https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server