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Wouldn't it be better to simply start convincing your friends to use something more open, where you have choice of the client? It feels like solving the problem from the wrong angle…
Ends up with some friends throwing you a bone and downloading / registering for a new service. Some of them remember to keep it open. Some use it. The rest of their friends don't. But a few of them love you enough to use a special app just for you because you seem to care. <3
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Just use telegram. Open source, native clients for every platform. No phone number necessary.
Open source client, as far as i know the server is still closed source. I suggest using Riot, preferrably self-hosted.
I'm very hopeful this reverse engineering effort will enable the creation of a tool to export my conversations (WhatsApp can do email export, which let's be real, doesn't cut it for most cases). A point to those that support migrating to alternatives such as Signal. Signal is good, but far from great for a single reason: you need a phone number. This is very bad in necsec and reliability terms, my case: Reliability:…
I could export all my Android (Nougat) messages and media, and restore it onto my iPhone (iOS 11).
It was a bit dodgy though - it asked me to install an old (custom?) APK first to export my messages, and the iPhone restore process looked like an actual iOS system restore..
Wouldn't it be better to simply start convincing your friends to use something more open, where you have choice of the client? It feels like solving the problem from the wrong angle…
Better? Yes. Easier? No. Besides, what's more open, as usable and secure?
A pidgin plugin would be nice. Oh there seems to be one already - https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple/
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I would like to use Signal, but I am forced to use Telegram for the same reason. (I have also to say that Telegram mac client is pretty awesome). It makes no sense to create a "secure" chat app, and then to force your users to use cellphones, which is the most unsafe technology I can imagine... Why this cellphone fetish?
Cellphones are far more safe than your computer - especially iPhones. All apps are run in a sandboxed environment and are vetted before being released. Further, the secure enclave is far better at protecting secrets than anything on a typical laptop/desktop machine.
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Better? Yes. Easier? No. Besides, what's more open, as usable and secure?
Signal. It is at least as secure as Whats App by design, has pratically the same interface and also a Chrome-based desktop app that works untethered from the phone app.
A pidgin plugin would be nice. Oh there seems to be one already - https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple/