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> Despite this excellent explanation by wtbob, despite Moxie's blog posting, despite EFF, Snowden, Poitras, Schneider supporting it, I distrust Whispersystems f
by wtbob 11y ago
> Despite this excellent explanation by wtbob, despite Moxie's blog posting, despite EFF, Snowden, Poitras, Schneider supporting it, I distrust Whispersystems for persisting Signal must have access to the addressbook by refusing to work without.
The mechanism I explained would permit Signal to work without uploading one's address book to the Signal servers. It would, of course, still require access to the address book itself in order to perform contact discovery. I personally don't mind allowing access to the address book itself; what I mind is uploading its contents.
- smartbit 11y ago> what I mind is uploading its contents. You're correct that uploading its contents is what it is all about for me. And why doesn't Signal use the new CNContactPickerViewController on iOS? But if I'm not able to verify the code, why does Signal require access? If that is their business model, that is fine for Moxie etal but not for me. @wtbob thanks for the clarification. I wonder what you think of Wire.com?