On Du, 14 mar 21, 12:19:34, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 01:03:49PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > [...] > > > To be clear, far from me to claim Signal is perfect, it's just (in my > > not so humble opinion) the only *feasible* option to compete with > > WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, etc. > > Dunno. What's wrong with mail/pgp-gpg? Besides that e-mail is unsuitable for instant messaging, it's very difficult to get right. https://riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices > I'm happy with that. No reason for anything else. > > And signal... with all due respect to Moxie Marlinspike... > > - the centralised server model > - the fact they don't publish their server code since a > while https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server > - the construction with one foundation at its center > > are all things to push some of my customary alarm buttons. But > in the first place, I'm not the target audience for instant > messaging anyway. Every step towards more privacy is good. Let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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