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You contradict with your previous statement that Signal does not provide OOB key verification when they show you the fingerprints. Because that is essential for

• simoncion 11y ago
  > You contradict with your previous statement that Signal does not provide OOB key verification... I do no such thing because I never made such a statement. I addressed your claim about mandatory OOB key exchange, not optional verification. To jog your memory, the two times I brought up OOB exchange were as follows: >> Last time I checked whats app didn't require any kind of OOB key exchange, or ability to set your own password. > Neither does Signal/TextSecure. Signal most definitely has E2E encryption. [0] and > Signal neither requires OOB key exchange, nor does it require that you set a password to encrypt Signal data while on disk. [1] Notice that I talk about how Signal doesn't require OOB key exchange, not that Signal doesn't provide OOB key verification. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11124807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11124807 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11125534 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11125534