Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
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Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#2>> "For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls."
For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number? If so, after the number is used for registration, is it ever required again, and exactly is it required to do?
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#3>> "For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls." For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number? If so, after the number is used for registration, is it ever required again, and exactly is it required to do?
I don't think you ever need it again, but if someone else later owns the number, they could register it with Signal and you would no longer be able to send or receive Signal messages.
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#4>> "For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls." For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number? If so, after the number is used for registration, is it ever required again, and exactly is it required to do?
You can use Wire's API (in alpha) without a phone number, https://github.com/wireapp/wire-bot-java && https://wire.com/en/privacy/
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#5>> "For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls." For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number? If so, after the number is used for registration, is it ever required again, and exactly is it required to do?
>For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number?
Yes, I use a Google Voice number for signal. It's theoretically possible to use something like a payphone or a free inbound number from callcentric, so long as you can receive incoming calls.
It's not required again, though if someone takes over the number they can re-register on Signal. You'll stop receiving messages then, and your contacts will get a warning that your safety numbers changed.
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#6>> "For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls." For registering, is it possible to use a disposable number? If so, after the number is used for registration, is it ever required again, and exactly is it required to do?
You can use Wire's API (in alpha) without a phone number, https://github.com/wireapp/wire-bot-java && https://wire.com/en/privacy/
Wire is not Signal, right?
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#7How long will this take until Moxie gets this taken down, too?
He’s been pretty vocal about preventing others from distributing clients able to use his servers that aren’t built by him (and don’t transmit usage statistics to him).
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#8How long will this take until Moxie gets this taken down, too? He’s been pretty vocal about preventing others from distributing clients able to use his servers that aren’t built by him (and don’t transmit usage statistics to him).
Well, it's already been around since May 2015, and it's been posted on HN a few times before.
Hopefully moxie will come speak for himself (he's pretty good about that, in my experience), but I think he's mostly interested in preventing naive users from accidentally stumbling onto a client that is insecure because it doesn't auto-update.
Here's his logic for why Signal shouldn't be in F-Droid: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/281
I disagree with him about a few things in this space, but if you know anything about him, it's clear that he's more interested in security and privacy for the masses than selling data to make a quick buck.
Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#9Re: Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal
#10How long will this take until Moxie gets this taken down, too? He’s been pretty vocal about preventing others from distributing clients able to use his servers that aren’t built by him (and don’t transmit usage statistics to him).
Well, it's already been around since May 2015, and it's been posted on HN a few times before. Hopefully moxie will come speak for himself (he's pretty good about that, in my experience), but I think he's mostly interested in preventing naive users from accidentally stumbling onto a client that is insecure because it doesn't auto-update. Here's his logic for why Signal shouldn't be in F-Droid: https://github.com/Whisp…
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