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Basically everything in your comment is wrong. > The prebuilt Signal APK might in fact be completely malicious, you can’t verify anything. https://whispersyst
by nickik 10y ago
Basically everything in your comment is wrong.
> The prebuilt Signal APK might in fact be completely malicious, you can’t verify anything.
https://whispersystems.org/blog/reproducible-android/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/reproducible-android/
This is already more then for all other options.
> And as Signal only tries to copy the features WhatsApp and co already have
Thats simply not true. WhatsApp does not support gifs, for example. Signal also has some features that others don't.
> they’ll get exactly the same security with WhatsApp, Telegram or Threema, and exactly the same features.
Telegram is less secure by miles. Threema is less secure by yards. WhatApp is less secure by inches.
> "You can create your own federated server"
Signal has never claimed that you can "federate" the server. They only mentioned that this is a feature that they might work on in the future. Since they have publicly said that they are not gone do so.
- kuschku3 10y ago> Thats simply not true. WhatsApp does not support gifs, for example. Signal also has some features that others don't. Those are the most minor features. Most competitors have the exact same set of features. > Telegram is less secure by miles. Threema is less secure by yards. WhatApp is less secure by inches. With Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Threema I have to trust their servers, but can verify the client is secure by reading source or reversing it. In neither case can I fork the client to make it more secure, and distribute that fork, while keeping the ability to communicate with users of the official client. > Signal has never claimed that you can "federate" the server. They claimed it would be possible in the future, and I – and many others – only switched to it because of that promise. Because we saw it as something with as much security and customisability as XMPP with OMEMO, but a nicer client. What niche does Signal fill that isn’t already filled by others? It has only minor feature advantages over competitors, and no trust or security advantages. EDIT: Using a second account because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to answer within of a few hours ("You are submitting too fast"...), and by then this discussion would be over.
- jhasse 10y ago> Telegram is less secure by miles. Threema is less secure by yards. WhatApp is less secure by inches. Depends. For me closed-source is a no-go for security, that's why IMHO Signal (open client and server) > Telegram (open client) > Threema (open NaCl lib) > WhatsApp