Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
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Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#2People act when on the precipice. Decentralized e2ee messengers and servers will thrive now in India: xmpp, matrix, session, tox, briar, Jami..
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#3> If India passes a law or deems Signal to not be in compliance with whatever encryption regulation, will you walk?
Makes me think of my encounters with US encryption export regulations. I think we're all lucky those aren't enforced.
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#4Reminder that Apple did this domestically for the FBI/iMessage.
They intentionally maintain a backdoor in the end to end crypto of iMessage:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#5People act when on the precipice. Decentralized e2ee messengers and servers will thrive now in India: xmpp, matrix, session, tox, briar, Jami..
Maybe not, imagine possession of such program is treated same way as a child pornography.
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#6People act when on the precipice. Decentralized e2ee messengers and servers will thrive now in India: xmpp, matrix, session, tox, briar, Jami..
Maybe not, imagine possession of such program is treated same way as a child pornography.
How popular would it be to treat people like pedos, just because of an app that they use?
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#7Reminder that Apple did this domestically for the FBI/iMessage. They intentionally maintain a backdoor in the end to end crypto of iMessage: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...
This is incorrect.
iMessage is encrypted, the encryption is end-to-end, there are no backdoors.
The unencrypted backup is a clear and annoying hole in the apple privacy story, but the non-e2ee iCloud backup does not include any messages (SMS, MMS, or iMessage), Contacts, Calendars, Notes, iCloud Photos, or health data.
A local backup is local, and is protected by filesystem encryption on your local storage.
So no, iMessage has no backdoors. Basic research would have showed that this claim was bogus.
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#8Is there anything more secure than signal that is widely used? Maybe something that doesn’t leak metadata or require a phone number?
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#9Is there anything more secure than signal that is widely used? Maybe something that doesn’t leak metadata or require a phone number?
Threema, but it's not free.
Re: Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
#10Is there anything more secure than signal that is widely used? Maybe something that doesn’t leak metadata or require a phone number?
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