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#Signal now placing Dad jokes into their release notes.

"Now when you link your primary Signal device to a new Desktop, you can bring your chat history and your last 45 days of media with you. The transfer process is end-to-end encrypted, and completely optional. When it comes to making the choice about whether or not to leave the past behind, you're left to your own devices."

Signal is reportedly no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyber threats, aiding Moscow's intel ops. A senior Ukrainian official claims Signal isn't responding to requests about Russian hackers exploiting the platform. Is political instability in the US to blame? 🤔🇺🇦💻 Read more: cyberinsider.com/signal-no-lon #cybersecurity #Ukraine #Russia #Signal #privacy

CyberInsider · Signal No Longer Cooperating with Ukraine to Tackle Russian Cyber ThreatsSignal has reportedly ceased responding to Ukrainian law enforcement requests regarding escalating Russian cyber threats.

#Signal is a long way from perfect, but it has one key benefit: It is very easy for people to adopt. Download the app, follow a linear flow, start talking to existing contacts. In particular:

  • It reuses an existing identifier (COI also does this, though doesn’t have a discovery protocol so you can’t tell which users will support the upgraded mode without trying to message them).
  • The security of your communication does not depend on the instance you pick (you can’t pick an instance and you can’t choose to run one, which I consider a weakness, but most alternatives at least leak metadata to the person who runs your server and to the servers that you communicate with).
  • It doesn’t ever fall back to an insecure mode. This eliminates downgrade attacks. OMEMO over XMPP and COI will both fall back to unencrypted modes and rely on UI patterns for users to detect this (remember how well the SSL padlock worked for this?)
  • It reliably syncs keys across devices, so phone, tablet, and desktop clients can all see your messages and you can transparently move between them.
  • Encrypted multi-party video chats just work. Now that chat links works you can just stick them in a calendar invitation and switch to using Signal for meetings instead of proprietary systems.

There’s a longer list of things that I would like them to fix, but that’s the set of things I need a chat program to support to be something I’d recommend to non-geeks. Being able to host your own server is nice. Needing to host your own server for security is a deal breaker.

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@chantal Is dat bedrijfsaccount WhatsApp Business?

Dan is dit wellicht een argument om ermee te stoppen: “… Ons [#Signal] belangrijkste punt is privacy; we willen zorgen dat dat centraal staat. Kijk maar naar hoe #WhatsApp dat doet; kanalen op WhatsApp zijn niet versleuteld, WhatsApp Business is niet versleuteld. Je denkt dan dat je op een privacygerichte app zit, maar dat is niet zo."

tweakers.net/reviews/13056/sig

@Eelcom @vosje62

TweakersSignal groeit, maar voor hoelang? - WhatsApp-alternatief met meer privacySignal wint aan populariteit nu gebruikers big tech verlaten. Maar kan het die groei vasthouden? Tweakers sprak met Jun Harada van Signal.
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@alsivx that is the disadvantage of phone numbers, give it a try to #ArcaneChat arcanechat.me it is not possible to receive spam there since you have to explicitly share your profile invitation link with the people you want to allow to contact you

fully anonymous no personal data required, configuring it is super easy, just set a name and you are good to go, no SMS verification or solving CAPTCHA unlike #Signal

arcanechat.meArcaneChatPrivate chats for the family

Vielleicht habe ich ja irgendwas überlesen, aber ich sehe nicht so direkt, was genau #Signal falsch gemacht hat oder in Zukunft anders machen sollte? Im Artikel wird beschrieben, dass es in #Ukraine Probleme mit Phishing (= social engineering) und der linked devices Funktion (nicht weiter spezifiziert, ob es hier ein technisches Problem) gibt. Eine konkrete Aufforderung zu Handlungen sehe ich nicht und bin auch nicht sicher, inwiefern Signal hier überhaupt was tun kann.

infosec.exchange/@dymaxion/114

Infosec ExchangeEleanor Saitta (@dymaxion@infosec.exchange)Anyone have any meaningful additional detail on this? It's widely enough reported that it seems to be real, but it does not make any particular sense and the implications are profound. https://therecord.media/signal-no-longer-cooperating-with-ukraine

Having lots of fun using Delta Chat. I've set up two accounts on my mail server, one for myself and one for my husband. We're both surprised at how fast it is compared to more traditional centralised chat apps like Signal. It's so cool to be able to self-host this and not rely on centralised infrastructure that is outside of my control.

Now I just need to convince everyone I know it's really cool :)

@delta