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You get voice, video, chat, stickers, files. What more do you want?

techntoke 6y ago
For Signal desktop on Linux to not require that I validate my mobile device randomly to read my encrypted messages. If it used GPG then this wouldn't be a problem.
- ViViDboarder 6y ago
  What does this dialog look like? I don’t recall having seen that in my Signal desktop on Linux or Mac.
  - techntoke 6y ago
    It looks like a yellow notification that says you need to re-link your mobile device, and in order to do so you have to take a picture of a QR code from your mobile device.
coolspot 6y ago
Bot API
- ViViDboarder 6y ago
  They’re working on support for email based accounts rather than just phone numbers. This will likely open up that possibility. I’m looking forward to it as well as my only Telegram use case is using it as a notification service for my servers. All my chats are transitioned to Signal.
pentae 6y ago
my encrypted chats saved across multiple devices
- ViViDboarder 6y ago
  You get that on Signal. I’ve got it on my phone, laptop, and tablet and I see the chats on all of them. Do you mean message history when setting up a new device? They are working on that, but it’s not so easy to do without storing all your chats with a server side encryption key. Apparently something coming soon though.
  - sails 6y ago
    It was just release on iOS, Android has had it for a while https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-New-Number-or-New-Phone https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Ne...
    - AnonC 6y ago
      On iOS, Signal has implemented a data transfer from one device to another directly. It's of no use if one loses one's device or just hands over the old device to someone else before completing the setup of the new one (people are accustomed to setup a new device from backups in the cloud, which Signal won't support).
      - lorenzhs 6y ago
        "Won't support" is wrong, this is explicitly on the roadmap, they've stated that multiple times. "Doesn't currently support" would be more accurate. For the technical aspects, secure cloud backups are going to be made possible with https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/.
- AnonC 6y ago
  Wire has E2E synced across devices and platforms, though its client and features lag behind Telegram (it's still better than Signal on features).
  - fossuser 6y ago

For Signal desktop on Linux to not require that I validate my mobile device randomly to read my encrypted messages. If it used GPG then this wouldn't be a problem.

ViViDboarder 6y ago
What does this dialog look like? I don’t recall having seen that in my Signal desktop on Linux or Mac.
- techntoke 6y ago
  It looks like a yellow notification that says you need to re-link your mobile device, and in order to do so you have to take a picture of a QR code from your mobile device.

coolspot 6y ago

Bot API

ViViDboarder 6y ago
They’re working on support for email based accounts rather than just phone numbers. This will likely open up that possibility. I’m looking forward to it as well as my only Telegram use case is using it as a notification service for my servers. All my chats are transitioned to Signal.

pentae 6y ago

my encrypted chats saved across multiple devices

ViViDboarder 6y ago
You get that on Signal. I’ve got it on my phone, laptop, and tablet and I see the chats on all of them. Do you mean message history when setting up a new device? They are working on that, but it’s not so easy to do without storing all your chats with a server side encryption key. Apparently something coming soon though.
- sails 6y ago
  It was just release on iOS, Android has had it for a while https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-New-Number-or-New-Phone https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Ne...
  - AnonC 6y ago
    On iOS, Signal has implemented a data transfer from one device to another directly. It's of no use if one loses one's device or just hands over the old device to someone else before completing the setup of the new one (people are accustomed to setup a new device from backups in the cloud, which Signal won't support).
    - lorenzhs 6y ago
      "Won't support" is wrong, this is explicitly on the roadmap, they've stated that multiple times. "Doesn't currently support" would be more accurate. For the technical aspects, secure cloud backups are going to be made possible with https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/.
AnonC 6y ago
Wire has E2E synced across devices and platforms, though its client and features lag behind Telegram (it's still better than Signal on features).
- fossuser 6y ago