Re your points: - (1) They are working on this, but it serves to limit spam, and it is easily comprehensible by the non technical. - (2) You don't have to giv

Re your points: - (1) They are working on this, but it serves to limit spam, and it is easily comprehensible by the non technical. - (2) You don't have to give it access, it works either way. If does its best to only use this for finding which of your contacts use Signal, rather than uploading the full address book. - (3) client side crypto is supplied by the server, which fundamentally is a big problem for a system like Signal. Until web crypto is not a dumpster fire you can't do better. (I personally think allowing the Electron app is a huge mistake but it's their call.)