For some critique of Signal, Drew DeVault wrote this up several months ago: "I don't trust Signal" - https://drewdevault.com/2018/08/08/Signal.html https://drew

For some critique of Signal, Drew DeVault wrote this up several months ago: "I don't trust Signal" - https://drewdevault.com/2018/08/08/Signal.html https://drewdevault.com/2018/08/08/Signal.html Past discussion here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17723973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17723973 Just posting for discussion. For me, the fact that Signal can only be downloaded via Google Play and not F-Droid. is a major blocker. For that reason I run a Matrix/synapse instance and that's what I use for day to day text based communication. Matrix clients have some issues and aren't as user friendly as Signal's IMHO, but they're getting better and better. That said, I don't think federation actually contributes to security. My instance is firewalled off from being discoverable by the larger Matrix community, mainly because my instance is for close friends and family. I can't really comment on what he brings up about the Signal founder -- not very familiar with him..