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I dont know where you got that impression. It is not based on xmpp. It is, more or less, a decentralised signal with onion routing. Edit: apparently they swit
by bjoli 5y ago
I dont know where you got that impression. It is not based on xmpp.
It is, more or less, a decentralised signal with onion routing.
Edit: apparently they switched away from the signal protocol 2021. It is no longer signal-with-onion-routing. It has diverged significantly sice they forked.
- kitkat_new 5y agowell, maybe decentralized Signal UI. Since it does neither use Signal encryption nor does its encryption have the properties modern E2EE encryption has (Perfect Forward Secrecy, existing in Signal, Matrix, Wire and even WhatsApp), it cannot really be called Signal anymore
- bjoli 5y agoYou are right: they have switched away from the signal protocol to their own session protocol during 2021. I did not know that. Last time I checked (late 2020) they were using signals protocol.
- ajconway 5y agoHere is their reasoning for a change of protocol: https://getsession.org/session-protocol-technical-information https://getsession.org/session-protocol-technical-informatio... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25690036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25690036 Summary: forward secrecy and deniability are nice to have, but removing them makes significant UX improvements possible.
- Arnt 5y agoLooking at the web site, I can see how one might get that impression. The code base comes from signal, but the web site looks more than a bit like various XMPP things from a few years ago. It seems to say "we have features most XMPP clients don't" as I read it. Compare this to signal.org, which seems to be written from a list of FAQs/complaints. "Privacy" in the first sentence, four endorsements, and then a variety of FAQ points: "No creepy affiliates", "no SMS charges", "we have groups", "share GIFs freely".