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> Do they have something to hide? That's very misguided of you to say and pure speculation. It's as useful for a discussion as me saying "Durov is Russian-born
by ath3nd 2y ago
> Do they have something to hide?
That's very misguided of you to say and pure speculation. It's as useful for a discussion as me saying "Durov is Russian-born, and has resisted proper e2e encryption defaults, so the Kremlin incentivized him to do it, so they can spy on people". You see how this works?
There is actually a clear official statement from Signal why they don't permit open-source clients to use their servers.
https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
What in their statement suggests that they are "hiding something"?
If you can find something wrong with their protocol, source, or suspect that somehow the communication is compromised when it reaches their servers, please go ahead and disclose it, but thinly veiled: "do they have something to hide" is just speculation.
Also relevant for context: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...
- hiatus 2y agoThat blog post is 8 years old and predates things like mastodon. Nothing has changed in these intervening 8 years?
- ath3nd 2y ago> That blog post is 8 years old and predates things like mastodon What in this blog post that's 8 years old has become obsolete in the meantime? > Nothing has changed in these intervening 8 years? Signal got better, and got bigger user base in a couple of waves, with most notably the WhatsApp terms of service fiasco. Is that what you meant? Btw, people are still free to clone/fork the client, the protocol, and run their own servers. But compute ain't free, and you can read about that here: https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/ https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/