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Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages by whyever on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:51AM (#13391163)
> OWS should denounce these implementations as least as firmly as they do open source Signal client forks.

They don't. Moxie does not want the forks to use his servers or the name of his app, that is all.

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Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages by compuguy on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:38PM (#13392681)
Well since the server for Signal is closed source, the signal client forks are pretty much useless (correct me if I’m wrong)?
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Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages by kuschku on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:41PM (#13392713)
The server for the text messaging is open source, only calls, and other stuff is closed.
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