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I'd really like to try their new app, but they only distribute it through Google Play. That excludes an awful lot of their potential users, especially those wh

I'd really like to try their new app, but they only distribute it through Google Play. That excludes an awful lot of their potential users, especially those who most care about privacy.

r0muald 13y ago
It is also part of CyanogenMod, and it is open source https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure so you can build it on your own https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/ https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/
devcpp 13y ago
You should build it yourself if you actually care about privacy. This is excellent practice, instead of encouraging you to trust some third-party website like their own.
aw3c2 13y ago
See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 for a detailed discussion why. You can built it yourself.
- 650REDHAIR 13y ago
  Moxie's quote really hits the nail on the head. "The thesis essentially being, if you aren't able to build TextSecure from source, you probably aren't capable of managing the risks associated with 3rd party sources."
- PilateDeGuerre 13y ago
  >moxie0 commented a year ago >The only secret is to [really] begin. Nice one Moxie ;)
- dublinben 13y ago
  Telling users without Google Play to "just build it yourself" is arrogant an unacceptable. I find Moxie's response to this criticism arrogant and condescending. This is a major reason why I'm not using TextSecure, even though I would like to be.
  - lern_too_spel 13y ago
    He gave sound reasons why building it yourself is currently the only secure distribution method outside the Play Store. I didn't find his tone to be arrogant at all. You're conflating arrogance with correctness, and though many people on the internet use both simultaneously, they are two separate things.
  - aw3c2 13y ago
    Read the whole discussion please.
slashdotaccount 13y ago
Another good option would be submitting it to the F-Droid [1] repository of open source apps for those of us who prefer not having Google's proprietary pieces of software on our phones. [1] - https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- darklajid 13y ago
  Check their issue number 53. Won't happen.
  - MacsHeadroom 13y ago
    https://f-droid.org/repository/issues/?do=view_issue&issue=53 https://f-droid.org/repository/issues/?do=view_issue&issue=5... does not exist. Nor does issue 52, curiously. What was it?
    - npizzolato 13y ago
      He meant TextSecure's issue 53. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/53 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/53 You'll find a more interesting discussion about the reasons for not distributing TextSecure through alternate repositories on issue 127 though. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

I'd really like to try their new app, but they only distribute it through Google Play. That excludes an awful lot of their potential users, especially those who most care about privacy.

r0muald 13y ago

It is also part of CyanogenMod, and it is open source https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure so you can build it on your own https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/ https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/

devcpp 13y ago

You should build it yourself if you actually care about privacy. This is excellent practice, instead of encouraging you to trust some third-party website like their own.

aw3c2 13y ago

See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 for a detailed discussion why. You can built it yourself.

650REDHAIR 13y ago
Moxie's quote really hits the nail on the head. "The thesis essentially being, if you aren't able to build TextSecure from source, you probably aren't capable of managing the risks associated with 3rd party sources."
PilateDeGuerre 13y ago
>moxie0 commented a year ago >The only secret is to [really] begin. Nice one Moxie ;)
dublinben 13y ago
Telling users without Google Play to "just build it yourself" is arrogant an unacceptable. I find Moxie's response to this criticism arrogant and condescending. This is a major reason why I'm not using TextSecure, even though I would like to be.
- lern_too_spel 13y ago
  He gave sound reasons why building it yourself is currently the only secure distribution method outside the Play Store. I didn't find his tone to be arrogant at all. You're conflating arrogance with correctness, and though many people on the internet use both simultaneously, they are two separate things.
- aw3c2 13y ago
  Read the whole discussion please.

slashdotaccount 13y ago

Another good option would be submitting it to the F-Droid [1] repository of open source apps for those of us who prefer not having Google's proprietary pieces of software on our phones. [1] - https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/

darklajid 13y ago
Check their issue number 53. Won't happen.
- MacsHeadroom 13y ago
  https://f-droid.org/repository/issues/?do=view_issue&issue=53 https://f-droid.org/repository/issues/?do=view_issue&issue=5... does not exist. Nor does issue 52, curiously. What was it?
  - npizzolato 13y ago
    He meant TextSecure's issue 53. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/53 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/53 You'll find a more interesting discussion about the reasons for not distributing TextSecure through alternate repositories on issue 127 though. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127