Signal is getting Cloud Backups
We are getting Cloud Backups in the future! Currently, there are two tiers planned:...
About how we could decentralize Signal
Many of us (or at least me) would probably like to see Signal getting decentralized. Here are a few thoughts I had about this recently....
What are your experiences with Molly? (github.com)
I’ve been wanting to link my Android tablet to Signal for ages now and recently came across Molly as an alternative app to use, which allows this possibility....
Beeper makes big privacy claims for its newest app (blog.beeper.com)
Tl;Dr: Beeper has rolled out a new app, Beeper Mini, just for iMessage. It claims that the new app is a privacy improvement over the standard Beeper app (now called “Beeper Cloud”)...
AppArmor profile for Signal Desktop in Linux
For those who have installed Signal Desktop in Linux, do you use an AppArmor profile to harden the program? If so, can you share your AppArmor profile for Signal Desktop?
Meredith Whittaker response to the French government banning the use of popular messaging apps (www.youtube.com)
Time-Memory Tradeoff Attacks on Signal & TLS1.3 (eprint.iacr.org)
Some interesting ideas on reducing the time to decrypt certain ciphered info, in spite of axolotl’s large key-size.
Signal leaked random contacts to me! (feddit.de)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6073226...
SEPA and iDEAL based donations for Europe (community.signalusers.org)
Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (www.signal.org)
Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year (www.wired.com)
Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/8055696...
Test usernames outside of Firebase App Distribution
For Android. Read this info, and get standalone apk available for testing with auto-update mechanism build in.
Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
I'm getting this error on signal but no more info. How can I find what this is about? Why can't I see the logs that it will submit without actually submitting them? (discuss.tchncs.de)
How Signal Works? Signal CTO Ehren Kret Breaks it Down (www.youtube.com)
Signal President Meredith Whittaker on resisting government threats to privacy (restofworld.org)
Signal says there is no evidence rumored zero-day bug is real (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Molly background use? (lemmy.ca)
Why does Molly tend to always run as a background service when Signal didn’t? Doesn’t seem to use much more battery so I guess it’s no biggy, just curious
Signal team talks about usernames in 2024 (youtu.be)
Edit Message in Signal (lemmy.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6601917...
Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology' (techcrunch.com)
Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith Whittaker (and I did), she’ll tell you it’s simply because “AI is a surveillance technology.”
Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Notifications and calls not working iOS 17
I don’t know if it’s related to updating to iOS 17 but I no longer receive notifications for texts or calls. The sender also claims that their messages to me only have one check mark and are only received when I open the app. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol (signal.org)
'Today we are happy to announce the first step in advancing quantum resistance for the Signal Protocol: an upgrade to the X3DH specification which we are calling PQXDH. With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of a quantum computer being built in the future that is powerful enough to break...
