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> Unlike Signal it has always been completely open source. Honest question: when was Signal closed source, as Signal? I’m not familiar with this. I know it’s r
by TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
> Unlike Signal it has always been completely open source.
Honest question: when was Signal closed source, as Signal? I’m not familiar with this. I know it’s roots are in the old Moxie Marlinspike OpenWhisper apps, but that’s a long time ago and the last I looked, Signal open sourced all their code.
- godelski 4y agoThere's gripe from people because they didn't update the GitHub repos for the server code for a bit. Client side code was always up to date. There's also another complaint (imo this one is more legitimate) that Signal only allows messages to be passed through their servers. I don't think the parent is really arguing in good faith tbh.
- tcfhgj 4y agoFor a year
- f38zf5vdt 4y agoThere has been a lack of transparency with their server code. Very late pushes (>1 year) when they were adding their cryptocurrency, and now some black box code to "eliminate spam" [2]. By contrast, Matrix has always had master public and allows users to run their own servers either privately or connected to the federation, something not really possible with the Signal app family. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26345937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26345937 [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/qlw1ag/signal_is_adding_a_closedsource_spam_reduction/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/qlw1ag/signal_is_a...