Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal
by tdkl on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:37AM
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It uses a lot of data, which even in 2016 isn't cheap for majority of mobile users.
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Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal
by davecridland on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:48AM
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I don't buy this. XMPP uses no more than any other IM system, and much less than most. The military use it over HF links in theatre, for heaven's sake - this is not what you'd choose to be doing if the bandwidth was so high. (HF is STANAG 5066, and runs down to a handful of bits a second - this stuff is not fast).