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[–] RandomBit 5 points 1 year ago (27 children)

What security issues does Signal have?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (19 children)

There are two legitimate concerns about Signal: they use real phone numbers as identifiers, and you have to trust Signal as the server operator as they don't allow their client to be used with other servers. While the server software is also open source, you have to trust that they're running the same version in production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (15 children)

@sickmatter @dirtmayor @jmcs @RandomBit @realcaseyrollins

I'd argue another concern is Signal hosting data in the U.S.A. rather than a country with stronger data privacy laws and one that isn't part of fourteen eyes. The phone number requirement is my biggest issue though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@PublicLewdness @dirtmayor @jmcs @sickmatter @RandomBit @realcaseyrollins Signal was forked to create Session

Delta Chat is better then
Telegram
Whatsapp
Signal
Session

Delta Chat -
Open Source
De Centralised
No app mandate
No SMS mandate
Works with pop3/smtp email
No Cloud
Not "Russian"
Not "American"

Delta Chat
Website delta.chat/en/
App f-droid.org/en/packages/com.b44t.messenger/

My video on Delta Chat
joshwhotv.com/v/.73TrMQ

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