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Re:Signal, a fast, secure and simple messenger endorsed by S... by pugworthy on Sunday May 12, 2019 @04:07PM (#19894217)
For those like me who aren’t used to the term federated...

“Federated architecture (FA) is a pattern in enterprise architecture that allows interoperability and information sharing between semi-autonomous de-centrally organized lines of business (LOBs), information technology systems and applications.“

—Wikipedia

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Re:Signal, a fast, secure and simple messenger endorsed by S... by cbHXBY1D on Sunday May 12, 2019 @04:40PM (#19894431)
For those who want to know why it's not federated: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
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Re:Signal, a fast, secure and simple messenger endorsed by S... by Whatitat90 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @06:21PM (#19894953)
For those who want to know why it still should be federated: https://gultsch.de/objection.html
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