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Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal by Zash on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:30AM (#13220056)
I wasn't aware that they had switched entirely, only that they invented their own custom compression and (really bad) authentication and encryption methods.
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Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal by lorenzhs on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:37AM (#13220104)
WhatsApp uses Signal protocol for encryption nowadays: https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/
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Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal by sliken on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:40AM (#13220135)
Well if it's not XMPP compatible it's not really XMPP. Apparently they switched to signal based protocol for transport.
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