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> You can send something that looks like email using Signal, but you cannot use OpenPGP for instant messaging or phone calls. Of course you can use OpenPGP in
by Shoothe 9y ago
> You can send something that looks like email using Signal, but you cannot use OpenPGP for instant messaging or phone calls.
Of course you can use OpenPGP in IM [0] but as you note it won't have perfect forward secrecy and has some disadvantages but could you show me how to send an e-mail through Signal?
[0]: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0027.html https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0027.html
> This is aside from the fact that Signal is also an open protocol
By open protocol you mean I can read specs and run my own server but I won't be able to communicate with anyone else?
- Joeboy 9y ago> I won't be able to communicate with anyone else? This is exactly the reason I stopped bothering with PGP. Edit: Admittedly it might be different for a trained / disciplined group of people who really have something to hide.