Re:Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal
by pseudalopex on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @04:34PM
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There's more than one way to build a federated network. XMPP follows the IETF model, with standards and code only loosely coordinated, and evolves through optional extensions. Matrix is trying something different: a versioned, more monolithic specification, with reference implementations and SDKs.
Signal's approach has its share of problems, too. It took OWS two years from the start of iOS development to deliver voice and text support. (They may not have been working on it the whole time, but that just underscores the problem.) The iOS app doesn't support rotation. Desktop support was a long time coming, and the multi-device experience still kind of sucks.
It's great that WhatsApp could push end-to-end encryption to a billion users at once. But none of my friends who care about end-to-end encryption trust Facebook, and Signal isn't winning over the others.
Signal's approach has its share of problems, too. It took OWS two years from the start of iOS development to deliver voice and text support. (They may not have been working on it the whole time, but that just underscores the problem.) The iOS app doesn't support rotation. Desktop support was a long time coming, and the multi-device experience still kind of sucks.
It's great that WhatsApp could push end-to-end encryption to a billion users at once. But none of my friends who care about end-to-end encryption trust Facebook, and Signal isn't winning over the others.