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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by ghostpepper on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:16PM (#22329949)
Any idea about how the security posture changes? I would expect some significant tradeoffs are required to make all your messages appear in your browser
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by Marsymars on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:24PM (#22331458)
The Chrome app has been deprecated for some time - the current desktop version is independent of browser and available for Windows/macOS/Linux/iOS: https://signal.org/blog/standalone-signal-desktop/
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by dewey on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:20PM (#22330008)
I haven't used it in a while but I think it's probably similar to WhatsApp where it basically just tunnels it through your phone without actually running a Signal client on your machine.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by mfwoods on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:34PM (#22330130)
It's not, once linked the desktop client can be used independently of your phone.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by simpss on Friday February 14, 2020 @05:01PM (#22330835)
i'm not 100% sure how it works, but it seems to sync some messages. Not working perfectly as my desktop client does not have the full history from a chat, even though my phone does. It only has some of the messages from where the desktop client was first started.
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