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As happy as I am that more people will use Signal thanks to the desktop integration, I am pretty sure I won't use it myself. I consider Signal the only "secure
by FiloSottile 10y ago
As happy as I am that more people will use Signal thanks to the desktop integration, I am pretty sure I won't use it myself.
I consider Signal the only "secure" public way to communicate with me, and it's because it's restricted to a native app running on an unjailbroken updated iOS device, which puts the cost of exploitation in the 1M$ band.
Pairing it with a laptop, in a browser context, kind of defeats that use case. And WhatsApp is a valid alternative for convenience.
- nathancahill 10y agoAt least on the last go-round, the jailbreakers had the security patch before Apple released an update. Not disagreeing with you, just think it's an interesting distinction that you make.
- snthd 10y ago>it's restricted to a native app running on an unjailbroken updated iOS device But it's been on android longer than it's been on iOS?
- brbsix 10y agoHe was discussing endpoint security so I believe he intended to say his own personal use is restricted to an iOS device.
- zmanian 10y agoYeah endpoint security is generally worse on all desktop operating systems than iOS and Signal isn't intended to solve that problem. One could run Signal Desktop on their Chromebook for a similar level of endpoint security to iOS.