Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal
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#2> Open Whisper Systems said it planned to add these features, noting that GIFs are already supported in the Android version of Signal.
And iOS for a while now! https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/pull/886
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#3I ditched Signal in favour of WhatsApp given I believe the tech behind it was the same and the fact that a lot of my contacts are already on WhatsApp. The NYT article indicates that WhatsApp is still able to collect more information than Signal does collect.
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#4Or you could download https://wire.com/ which allows developers to build their own clients and still use their infrastructure. Also,
it doesn't force you to use a phone number for registration. It supports audio/video calls. Also, if you're really privacy minded, it doesn't need Google Play Services. That way it can be used in CopperheadOS.
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#5Using signal myself I think it has the best trade offs for security and user friendlyness since I have been able to convince my friends to use it .
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#6Why isn't anyone talking about Wire? https://wire.com/
The little I've used it, I found it pleasant and effective. But it almost seems like there is a campaign to ignore Wire; nearly every article written about Signal and alternatives fails to even mention Wire.
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#7Use Signal and give them access to all your contacts who may or may not be using Signal. Use their proprietary client and trust them on their pinky promise that they "can't" look at your messages. The deceptive pretense of privacy is worse than no privacy at all.
[Edit] - "Use their proprietary client and trust them on their pinky promise" was factually wrong.
But, they still expect me to trust the signed binary they send through the App store right? How is that anyway non-proprietary just because there is a Git repo somewhere that may or may not be the same code running on your phone? Can I run a client from the Git repo and still use all of their infrastructure?
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#8Why isn't anyone talking about Wire? https://wire.com/ The little I've used it, I found it pleasant and effective. But it almost seems like there is a campaign to ignore Wire; nearly every article written about Signal and alternatives fails to even mention Wire.
This looks like a really good replacement for Skype, which we currently use to manage communication between remote working team members.
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#9Or you could download https://wire.com/ which allows developers to build their own clients and still use their infrastructure. Also, it doesn't force you to use a phone number for registration. It supports audio/video calls. Also, if you're really privacy minded, it doesn't need Google Play Services. That way it can be used in CopperheadOS.
Do you know how Wire makes money to sustain what they are doing?
Don't want to invest my time into something that will eventually sell out and do that opposite of what they stand for today.
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#10Use Signal and give them access to all your contacts who may or may not be using Signal. Use their proprietary client and trust them on their pinky promise that they "can't" look at your messages. The deceptive pretense of privacy is worse than no privacy at all. [Edit] - "Use their proprietary client and trust them on their pinky promise" was factually wrong. But, they still expect me to trust the signed binary they…
It's an open source client[0]. It's not a "pinky promise".
There are valid criticisms of Signal (primarily around the use of the Google Play Services Framework), but your comment seems to be jumping to a lot of conclusions without any research.