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It does work. How do you think Signal desktop works?
by rockskon 1y ago
It does work. How do you think Signal desktop works?
- dijit 1y agoI thought it worked the same as Whatsapp, whereby there's a sort of backdoor connection to the app running on your phone to send messages. However, after doing a smidge more research it seems like somehow Signal is sharing it's key with the desktop app and only syncing history of messages directly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15596980 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15596980 I'm not 100% sure how it works as the server is fake-open-source and not actual open-source.
- porridgeraisin 1y agoWhatsapp doesn't need a connection to your phone anymore either. It used to be the case until a few years ago though.