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Why should that be any different? Signal and WhatsApp are functionally equivalent from this perspective. Both are end-to-end encrypted and therefore targets, an
by LXBWtEodYi2G 10y ago
Why should that be any different? Signal and WhatsApp are functionally equivalent from this perspective. Both are end-to-end encrypted and therefore targets, and both are dependent on centralized, blockable servers and therefore vulnerable.
- banach 10y ago1) If people were to switch, it would bring more people onto a platform that is not tied to Facebook, a company that loathes privacy. 2) Signal is free software, including the messaging server (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server). This makes it less sensitive to take-downs (anyone could set up an alternate server), and makes third-party security code audits possible.
- LXBWtEodYi2G 10y agoThose are nice to have, but neither would change anything about this current situation. Servers are nice but questionably useful when each one would be living in its own universe, in need of its own app, given Signal architecture.