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Signal on Linux (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How is it possible, that Signal still only provides a .deb package and no .rpm, or even better AppImage or Flatpak? There is an unofficial Flatpak but is it secure?

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[+] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Well I think you have to distinguish between a messenger and other programms, because a messenger has a lot of sensitive data.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Just because something is built out of love does not make it safe, and attestation is about safety. You wouldn't trust an un-attested surgical device, just because there's a really positive community around its design.

Signal is a life-or-death app for some people.