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Yes, you can write as long a message as you want with signal. There are desktop clients. You can attach files. Or voice messages. Or use it to call them. O
by chakalakasp 9y ago
Yes, you can write as long a message as you want with signal. There are desktop clients. You can attach files. Or voice messages. Or use it to call them. Or video chat them. It’s a crazy robust full featured incredibly secure communications system.
- a3_nm 9y agoIt's a centralized system, with a single point of failure, and you cannot use it without a phone number.
- qznc 9y agoThen use Matrix or wait for Wire to open-source and federate, but securing email has failed for decades now.
- ekianjo 9y ago> There are desktop clients You mean the ones with Electron, using 5% of your CPU idle, requiring you to have first registered your smartphone with it before it can even work? That's not what I call a functional desktop client.
- wepple 9y agoI don’t know a single person who uses the desktop client, and there’s the rub: it’s fine if I can perfectly render a 1000 word essay on my huge monitor, but not one of my friends will want to read it on their mobile screen.