Most of those people aren't using Signal but the Signal Protocol. When people say they want different identities, infrastructure or clients what they are essentially saying is they want to use the Signal Protocol but…
No, the phone numbers are in the second sentence of my first comment. The exploits are in the sentence after as an explanation to why it was bad to use phone numbers. And that is only one example to make it a reasoned…
I didn't say it did. The post I replied to, which wasn't you, is arguing that Signal is successful. Therefor it is highly relevant whether it actually is. I don't know which goalpost you are talking about.
> Signal is a stunning success. That is what those criticizing it disagrees with, at least in that area. It is not a stunning success at letting you communicate with someone without disclosing a phone number. > If you…
It is pretty easy to say it is good if you dismiss anyone saying it isn't as bitching. Signal was insisting everyone using a phone number as identifier. We now know there were zero-click iMessage exploits being used by…
It was always required but not illegal. Which made it impractical but still an option not to do so. It wasn't uncommon for people living with their friend, partner or in a bad neighborhood to remain registered somewhere…
I think it is increasingly likely they will have to shut down (or at least move) the company to remain principled. Just in recent years Sweden haphazardly requested to joined NATO (and is kowtowing to Turkey), sim cards…
Most of those people aren't using Signal but the Signal Protocol. When people say they want different identities, infrastructure or clients what they are essentially saying is they want to use the Signal Protocol but…
No, the phone numbers are in the second sentence of my first comment. The exploits are in the sentence after as an explanation to why it was bad to use phone numbers. And that is only one example to make it a reasoned…
I didn't say it did. The post I replied to, which wasn't you, is arguing that Signal is successful. Therefor it is highly relevant whether it actually is. I don't know which goalpost you are talking about.
> Signal is a stunning success. That is what those criticizing it disagrees with, at least in that area. It is not a stunning success at letting you communicate with someone without disclosing a phone number. > If you…
It is pretty easy to say it is good if you dismiss anyone saying it isn't as bitching. Signal was insisting everyone using a phone number as identifier. We now know there were zero-click iMessage exploits being used by…
It was always required but not illegal. Which made it impractical but still an option not to do so. It wasn't uncommon for people living with their friend, partner or in a bad neighborhood to remain registered somewhere…
I think it is increasingly likely they will have to shut down (or at least move) the company to remain principled. Just in recent years Sweden haphazardly requested to joined NATO (and is kowtowing to Turkey), sim cards…