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Probably not, scince Signal doesn't really support secure web communication (without phone routing).
by stemuk 10y ago
Probably not, scince Signal doesn't really support secure web communication (without phone routing).
- woah 10y agoWhat do you mean? Are you objecting to the phone number used as username?
- nxzero 10y agoIt's not just a phone number, but also the IMEI. And the objection is that the service makes it (intential) very hard to use it anonymously.
- lorenzhs 10y agoThis phone routing story keeps getting repeated here but it's not true and never was. The devices share a key but are completely independent. You can easily try it, put your phone into airplane mode and Signal-Desktop works just the same.
- nxzero 10y agoIssue may not be the routing, but that a mobile device is required to create an account. Are you saying that the Signal Protocol created Open Whisper Systems, which is lead by Moxie Marlinspike, does not require a phone number to work? (Say the Signal Protocol instead of the browser extension since the browser extension uses the protocol to work.)
- lorenzhs 10y agoAs far as I'm aware the protocol can use other identifiers. If I remember correctly the development server allows registering without a phone number for easier testing of Signal-Desktop. Not sure what is used as an identifier instead. Not sure where I read it, so it may be the result of the telephone game. Take this with a grain of salt.
- vemy 10y agoSignal also doesn't have a true desktop application. I don't want to install Chrome just to use a messenger.