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by decrypt 6y ago
They hope to publish that in the coming days. Here's Moxie's tweet about it. [1] [1] https://twitter.com/moxie/status/1350651382659903488
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by decrypt 6y ago
They are powered by donations [1] Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, who left Facebook post WhatsApp acquisition, infused 50M USD too. [2] I hear he lent another 50M with 0% interest, repayable by 2068. [3] [1] https://signal.o
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by decrypt 6y ago
From what I understand, this affects only Android devices, thus the Android 5.2.1 rollout. None for iOS.
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Signal Is Back(twitter.com)
316 points by decrypt 6y ago|149 comments
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by decrypt 6y ago
It has been down for roughly 90 minutes at my end. Previous thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25792136
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by decrypt 6y ago
Acknowledged here: https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350118809860886528 https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-service-outage-on...
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by decrypt 6y ago
Similar reports on reddit as well - https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/kxwa7r/signal_down/
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WhatsApp Status to convince your family and friends to switch to Signal(reddit.com)
1 points by decrypt 6y ago|0 comments
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by decrypt 6y ago
Usernames are coming in 2021. As of now, it's not necessary to use your actual mobile number to signup though. It's well possible to use a virtual number like Google Voice, and even landline numbers work! By "other non-phone
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by decrypt 6y ago
I agree on the pressure part. I promoted Signal within my extended family extended a couple of days ago, no response, but one or two did move. I wanted to try again, but was worried about not getting any responses once again. Statuses can b
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Signal community: Reminder: Please be nice(community.signalusers.org)
1149 points by decrypt 6y ago|431 comments
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by decrypt 6y ago
I didn't even know Zom was a thing. I thought they meant Zoom.
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by decrypt 6y ago
Brian Acton, WhatsApp co-founder, one who left Facebook post-acquisition, infused 50M USD into Signal. And, Signal is community-supported through donations. I hope that Signal remains here for a long time.
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by decrypt 6y ago
I remember paying a dollar to use WhatsApp for an year. I wish it remained independent and subscription-supported.
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by decrypt 6y ago
This is awesome. I have always wanted to self-host a Matrix instance as well, but I imagine it's going to be very hard to convince them to move over, from Telegram. Is there a blog post that I can read about homeserver setup? I am keen