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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by zouhair on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:21PM (#16973796)
You mean Signal the messaging app? Can you link to a news?
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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by jperras on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:23PM (#16973802)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17308508/amazon-web-servic...

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/18/17253784/google-domain-fr...

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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by ehsankia on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:16AM (#16974011)
I don't understand why Google or Amazon are to blame here. It's like using an unofficial API and then complaining when it's taken down. Yes, it sucks that Signal can't hide behind them to bypass censorship, but as far as I understanding, it's not a good practice for these big sites to support Domain fronting in the first place.
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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by zouhair on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:33PM (#16973839)
Jesus, now Signal is useless.
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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by beojan on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:31AM (#16976266)
Only if you live somewhere that blocks it.

And I suspect even then, you could still use a Signal server hosted by someone else.

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Re:Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web by acct1771 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:26PM (#16978588)
Not with the official client.
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