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>Signal also notably isn't self-hostable: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempti

>Signal also notably isn't self-hostable: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempting to build alternate clients or servers that could communicate with the main one. That is perfectly wrong. As a maintainer of https://axolotl.chat https://axolotl.chat, a third-party signal client initially built for Ubuntu Touch but which runs on almost everything now, I can tell you that our client is speaking without any problems to the official Signal servers, and also that the code of the server is available and is running fine, we used it to test our code.

dijit 5y ago
I hadn’t heard of this, cool that it exists. How many people work on it and use it? I see one maintainer on GitHub making all the issues and PRs. But I could be mistaken. Signal has been historically very anti-third party clients. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007
- flaburgan 5y ago
  there is one core maintainer yes but at least 3-4 people around. I myself don't contribute much more now that I switched from Ubuntu Touch to /e/ OS
noman-land 5y ago
This should be promoted more! I had no idea this existed and I've been keenly following Signal for years. Will check it out, thanks for sharing.
- SecurityLagoon 5y ago
  It is probably literally because it is so under the radar that it hasnt been shut down.
crtasm 5y ago
The first thing I saw on the github page is a screenshot talking about a shooting, maybe it's a quote from something? I'm unsure but letting you know it's rather offputting. I couldn't find what the signup process is like, it says it doesn't require creating an account on the official Signal app but I assume you still need to use a phone number?
- flaburgan 5y ago
  Yeah I agree a shooting isn't a nice example I reported that. Yes, you still need to have a phone number to register.

dijit 5y ago

I hadn’t heard of this, cool that it exists. How many people work on it and use it? I see one maintainer on GitHub making all the issues and PRs. But I could be mistaken. Signal has been historically very anti-third party clients. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007

flaburgan 5y ago
there is one core maintainer yes but at least 3-4 people around. I myself don't contribute much more now that I switched from Ubuntu Touch to /e/ OS

noman-land 5y ago

This should be promoted more! I had no idea this existed and I've been keenly following Signal for years. Will check it out, thanks for sharing.

SecurityLagoon 5y ago
It is probably literally because it is so under the radar that it hasnt been shut down.

crtasm 5y ago

The first thing I saw on the github page is a screenshot talking about a shooting, maybe it's a quote from something? I'm unsure but letting you know it's rather offputting. I couldn't find what the signup process is like, it says it doesn't require creating an account on the official Signal app but I assume you still need to use a phone number?

flaburgan 5y ago
Yeah I agree a shooting isn't a nice example I reported that. Yes, you still need to have a phone number to register.