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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really don't understand why so many people like Signal. It's an utter piece of shit in terms of UX, has questionable security practices, harvests phone numbers, and it's located on a central server in US.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have zero expertise in this but xmpp is an old decentralised technology with encryption available

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

You can also layer encryption on top of xmpp like omemo and openpgp

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