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SignalBotOne – Notification Webhooks for Signal

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Re: SignalBotOne – Notification Webhooks for Signal

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Seems interesting but it looks like some cli with web server running on someone else's machine, so basically no security, no encryption. Also probably this bot have an access to your entire chat history.

The bot has access to any sent messages to yourself, plus any chatter in group chats if you have enabled that. So don't use it for sensitive stuff, and use a dedicated group. It was developed to relay sensor data and such, not war plans.

I understand the reference and I appreciate that. Though the whole point of using signal is to have privacy. If you need outside person to send you some messages than that privacy is non existent.

Now, I do not plan wars with Yemen but still want to keep my private conversations with my wife about my furniture, well... private. For solving notifications I can just do what I do now: selfhost matrix and apprise.

So the whole solution seems interesting, though I fail to see point of using it whatsoever.

If you could self host it yourself too? Yes but like that? No.

Re: SignalBotOne – Notification Webhooks for Signal

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://ntfy.sh https://github.com/caronc/apprise

I am using apprise for several years. It works but have few drawbacks: -no login, almost no security -sometimes it does not works and there are no logs to see what exactly happens. -secret storage is very bad Ntfy I will check thanks.

> no login

That's because the goal is to allow you to stick a proper nginx or webserver infront of it if you need this layer.

> Sometimes doesn't work

Please open a ticket and share why since your able to determine this from your logs. Maybe it can be fixed upstream?

> Secret storage is bad

You can create a string (key) that is randomized > 200+ characters. What can be improved to assist you with your concerns?

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