>Signal also notably isn't self-hostable: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempting to build alternate clients or servers that could communicate with the main one. That is perfectly wrong. As a maintainer of https://axolotl.chat , a third-party signal client initially built for Ubuntu Touch but which runs on almost everything now, I can te…
I hadn’t heard of this, cool that it exists. How many people work on it and use it? I see one maintainer on GitHub making all the issues and PRs. But I could be mistaken. Signal has been historically very anti-third party clients. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007
Why Not Signal?
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Re: Why Not Signal?
#32>Signal also notably isn't self-hostable: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempting to build alternate clients or servers that could communicate with the main one. That is perfectly wrong. As a maintainer of https://axolotl.chat , a third-party signal client initially built for Ubuntu Touch but which runs on almost everything now, I can te…
The first thing I saw on the github page is a screenshot talking about a shooting, maybe it's a quote from something? I'm unsure but letting you know it's rather offputting. I couldn't find what the signup process is like, it says it doesn't require creating an account on the official Signal app but I assume you still need to use a phone number?
Yes, you still need to have a phone number to register.