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I kind of lost my trust for Signal when moxie said it was not OK[1] that a fully free and open source fork of their client (built to remove the Google Play Serv

by bilkow 9y ago

I kind of lost my trust for Signal when moxie said it was not OK[1] that a fully free and open source fork of their client (built to remove the Google Play Services depency back then) was using their servers. I've read the discussion and I find moxie's arguments pretty weak in this matter. [1] https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco... EDIT: spacing

chrisper 9y ago
How is it weak to say that he doesn't want this because he doesn't want to have to worry about supporting third party apps on his servers?
- bilkow 9y ago
  As the github user mimi89999 pointed, moxie wouldn't have to support LibreSignal directly, it behaves like a normal Signal client and there would probably be no impact in his servers at all because there was a very limited number of LibreSignal users.
  - Daviey 9y ago
    Ah! But what if the non-official client causes a DoS of the server.... ... then write server software that isn't vulnerable. I have to agree... mandating what client software is used is a bit disappointing from moxie... I thought the world learned this lesson from Pidgin etc. Next he'll say he only wants to support Chrome for their website.