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As a long term Signal user, I also came to really hate it for all the bugs and flaws it has. All the encryption warnings become meaningless at some point, becau
by monopoledance 6y ago
As a long term Signal user, I also came to really hate it for all the bugs and flaws it has. All the encryption warnings become meaningless at some point, because someone is always having issues and refreshes the session or something like that. Does that mean we're getting MITM'ed?
You can't delete Signal contacts, like, ever. My signal address book and synchronized chats are flooded with plain numbers, or self-titled user names (which also invites for identity fraud...), because I deleted those contacts in my phone (which ofc I need to do, because it's used for privacy settings in other apps...). That's a problem for many years now, the github issues get closed by maintenance bots.
I am a somewhat tech-savvy person, but even for me the user experience leaves me annoyed and uncertain about some basic functionality you expect from messaging apps these days. I stopped recommending it to people some time ago. Don't want to blow my chances to migrate people to something fundamentally better.
- cpach 6y agoJust out of curiosity, do you use iOS or Android?
- monopoledance 6y agoAndroid primary, iPad and desktop clients linked. Comically, every platform has different issues with "deleted" meta-info popping up again. Like "deleted" groups, "deleted" contacts, "deleted" chats... meta links I can't get rid off whatever I do. The worst is legacy groups I left, "deleted", can't even use or join anymore, but also can't get rid of. They reappear every time I refresh the iPad app. Mind you, the group members are still visible, so I am really happy whistle-blowing, terrorism or crime isn't my profession. This made me really distrusting of Signal, when years old meta data popped up again. Like, have they lost some pointers or something? Can I even expect the data to be gone, when I delete my account for good? Doesn't feel like privacy at all...