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by 2cb 6y ago
It only allows a whitelist of Signal related URLs, nothing else. See here in the code: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-TLS-Proxy/blob/master/da...
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by 2cb 6y ago
If you click on one of the links it is using sgnl://signal.tube/#[domain] to deliver the proxy settings to the Signal app.
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by 2cb 6y ago
So you use the hashtag on a public tweet etc and say DM me for a proxy.
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by 2cb 6y ago
The mere fact it hoovers up less metadata alone makes it more private. I also trust the developers more way way more than I trust Facebook. That's a personal preference though and if you trust WhatsApp and don't mind that it leaks
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by 2cb 6y ago
I haven't played with their crypto wallet honestly so I can't provide any kind of informed opinion on it. It's a fork of Monero, but Monero is more widely accepted. Although Monero's wallet has a terrible UX too so if th
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by 2cb 6y ago
Jami uses git and TLS to implement E2E encrypted chats.[1] That doesn't sound all that secure to me. I'd feel much more comfortable using a fork of Signal with an onion router. I don't get the prejudice some have against bloc
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by 2cb 6y ago
Looking at the technical writeup [1] it sounds like they're currently running a hybrid of the two as they do a staged rollout of the various changes they've made to the Signal Protocol. But yes you are correct it looks like they&#
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by 2cb 6y ago
Absolutely. Of course hackers are reverse engineering WhatsApp, that's how all those nasty exploits it has keep getting sold to governments by the NSO Group. But reverse engineering is a skill in itself and modern day smartphone OS&#x2
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by 2cb 6y ago
This is very true. Reproducible builds for mobile apps would be far superior. You can build Signal from source for Android if you wish, although obviously this is a massive pain to do for each update, there’s absolutely nothing stopping you
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by 2cb 6y ago
I mentioned it because it has a seamlessly built in onion routing protocol. I read further down the thread that Tor is blocked in Iran, but I’m guessing the same is unlikely to be true of Loki/Oxen simply because it isn’t nearly as wel
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by 2cb 6y ago
Using innocent sounding CNAMEs on abandoned domains is definitely a smart idea. I’ve definitely got some old domains kicking about, I’ll see how far off they are from expiration and do something similar if they have at least a few months le
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by 2cb 6y ago
Considering Apple put all data of Chinese users on Chinese servers to keep the CCP happy I have no doubt they’re perfectly happy and willing to comply with government requests elsewhere too.
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by 2cb 6y ago
This is correct, just set one of these up and it uses extra Nginx plugins. Also the way they’ve done it makes it incredibly easy for anyone who isn’t a tech expert with a web server to still help out with a $5 domain and a $5 VPS. You liter
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by 2cb 6y ago
> signal is not censorship resistant by itself. And we should criticise them for that because it was a warning delivered in a timely manner and never heeded. I don’t believe Signal ever claimed to be censorship resistant to begin with. I
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by 2cb 6y ago
You can literally spin this up on a $5 a month VPS as well, not like you need to break the bank. And with so many TLDs there’s plenty of dirt cheap domains too. I just spun one up in 15 mins and if it gets blocked I’ll happily spin up more.
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by 2cb 6y ago
They could literally have a hidden function in WhatsApp that scoops up all your chat history and sends it to Facebook if the government ask them to. It’s closed source. No one has a clue what it’s doing. To be clear I’m not suggesting this
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by 2cb 6y ago
I just set up one of these Signal proxies. Hope it helps you and others in your country communicate freely and safely. [1] Regarding Tor: if you want a Signal-like app that uses an onion router look at Session. [2] It uses the same encrypti
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by 2cb 6y ago
And this new way, while less convenient, is arguably superior due to its decentralisation. They’re not just going after one service they’re now going after people all around the world running these proxies. Just set one up myself took 15 mi
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by 2cb 6y ago
That’ll be it, you’re right. Basically just bringing an old sales trick into the 21st century by making it look like social media. I can imagine teenagers jumping at this if a retailer for whatever it is kids find cool these days uses it to
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by 2cb 6y ago
I’ve been getting back into RSS feeds so I could follow news sources and blogs of people I know without an algorithm dictating what I see like all the news apps you get these days. You just gave me some real cool resources to add. Thanks! I
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by 2cb 6y ago
I can’t quite picture how this would work in practice, can anyone else? So say you’re a retailer with a commerce app. Is the idea you put a TikTok clone inside of it in the hope users sign up and use your app as a social network? I get the