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You cannot use it with EVERYONE though, can you? Signal requires Google Play Services and is refusing to remove that dependency - leaving out all those users wh
by nileshtrivedi 10y ago
You cannot use it with EVERYONE though, can you? Signal requires Google Play Services and is refusing to remove that dependency - leaving out all those users who cannot install Google Play Services, either for privacy reasons (as moxie calls them: "cryptonerds") or because they live in countries where Google is banned (all of China for example).
LibreSignal folks are willing to do the work for removing that dependency on GCM but Signal won't federate with them.
OTOH, moxie does have a point. They've tried federation with Cyanogen and the experience was painful.
- drjesusphd 10y agoI'm an outsider, so I'd like to make sure I understand this... So moxie here is claiming to offer the superlative encrypted communication service. On the other hand, he's insisting on a hard dependency that not only compromises privacy, but locks out one of the biggest emerging markets?
- nileshtrivedi 10y agoHis reply here may be relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10665520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10665520