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I guess not since both platforms use centralized protocols. With the Signal client being FOSS [1] and WhatsApp being proprietary, I also think that me using Si
by meribold 5y ago
I guess not since both platforms use centralized protocols.
With the Signal client being FOSS [1] and WhatsApp being proprietary, I also think that me using Signal to message someone on WhatsApp would still downgrade my privacy because I don’t know what the WhatsApp client is really doing with my message.
[1] In reality I don’t know that the Signal app on my phone is actually built from the publicly available code.
- tut-urut-utut 5y agoWhy not build yourself from source?
- meribold 5y agoI'm on iOS and I believe I'd have to pay Apple an annual fee for the privilege of building Signal myself and/or installing the compiled app. (Maybe I'd also have to buy a Mac or MacBook?) I also think I would have to reinstall my own build every few weeks and it wouldn't have access to my current chat history. But I've never tried. I'd love to learn about any misconceptions.
- tut-urut-utut 5y agoI am using Android and building from source there is not complicated at all [1]. I was under wrong impression that using own build under iOS is not much harder :( [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/How-to-build-Signal-from-the-sources https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/How-to-buil...
- InsomniacL 5y ago> because I don’t know what the WhatsApp client is really doing with my message. You don't know that the person receiving your signal message hasn't jailbroken their phone and installed spyware unknowingly. When you first message someone using a different platform, Signal could display a warning ~"This contact is using Whatsapp and Signal cannot confirm that communication will be secured, do you wish to continue?"