Signal Crypo Ap Coming To Desktop

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Zem Mattress
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This looks interesting. Has anyone used it on Android?

https://whispersystems.org/

pizzaiolo
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It requires Play Services on Android. No thanks.

lloydsmart

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Looks interesting. I use Signal on Android and it's great.

I admit that using GCN isn't ideal, though. Really they should be using some independent push mechanism.

Zem Mattress
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Is there such a push mechanism?

jdenz
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Signal is nice because it has the potential to be used by folks who are less tech-oriented and less aware of the need for data privacy, thereby increasing the likelihood that messages between random folks (neighbors, friends of friends, etc...) will be encrypted. It attempts to cover the use case where communication with someone is necessary, but hashing out the details of how to encrypt that communication is cumbersome or otherwise not possible.

As far as encrypted SMS, I've had good experiences with SMSSecure:

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.smssecure.smssecure

lloydsmart

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Joined: 12/22/2012

Looks interesting. I use Signal on Android and it's great.

I admit that using GCN isn't ideal, though. Really they should be using some
independent push mechanism.

pizzaiolo
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Joined: 03/12/2015

It requires Play Services on Android. No thanks.

Zem Mattress
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Joined: 05/08/2014

This looks interesting. Has anyone used it on Android?

https://whispersystems.org/

Zem Mattress
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Joined: 05/08/2014

Is there such a push mechanism?

jdenz
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Joined: 11/18/2011

Signal is nice because it has the potential to be used by folks who are less
tech-oriented and less aware of the need for data privacy, thereby increasing
the likelihood that messages between random folks (neighbors, friends of
friends, etc...) will be encrypted. It attempts to cover the use case where
communication with someone is necessary, but hashing out the details of how
to encrypt that communication is cumbersome or otherwise not possible.

As far as encrypted SMS, I've had good experiences with SMSSecure:

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.smssecure.smssecure