Board Changes at Signal

Post by robbintt » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:32 PM UTC

dogecoinbase wrote: post #5

Glad to hear Moxie's out. As a reminder, Signal didn't publish the source for their server-side from 20 April 2020 to 6 April 2021 [0] while they secretly added a cryptocurrency payment system to which Moxie was a paid technical advisor [1], which Moxie denied they were doing in January 2021 [2]. 0: https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/06/it-looks-like-signa... (source was published shortly after the publication of…

Post by bilal4hmed » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:34 PM UTC

getcrunk wrote: post #20

bilal4hmed wrote: post #19

One thing Id really like to see is cross OS transfer. I feel Im locked in to my OS because of Signal right now as Ill lose messages. There are some messages I dont want lost and sadly having them in signal is a bummer. This is where whatsapp just excels

They should have a manual backup export to an encrypted format and make you responsible for the key

Post by getcrunk » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 PM UTC

Post by hadlock » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 PM UTC

robbintt wrote: post #17

signaluser wrote: post #15

Seeing usage statistics, it seems that signal is dying slowly. It boomed during covid but almost no new chat is started there nowadays.

Does it matter if it is growing or shrinking? The users are getting usage, and the maintainers are providing a service. Is there a profit motive being unfulfilled?

Post by ricopags » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 11:37 PM UTC

getcrunk wrote: post #25

I see some comments saying they are happy moxie is out. I for one am saddened. I trusted signal in part due to his persona. And his in your face attitude towards that one company that provided software to law enforcement that claimed to hack signal.