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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by chubs on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:48PM (#22331635)
You make very good points about the tradeoffs they avoid :)

I'd be satisfied if they could do some form of eg bluetooth connection between a desktop app and your phone to give a limited desktop experience, however. I don't think that'd be impossible, similar to how whatsapp web really just proxies to your phone (well, best I can tell that's how it works)

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:32PM (#22408666)
Doesn't Signal have such a tethered desktop version? https://signal.org/download/ mentions desktop.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by dbrgn on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:42PM (#22380017)
Threema Web uses WebRTC data channels to establish a direct connection between phone and browser: https://github.com/threema-ch/threema-web/ Definitely possible (but quite complex in practice).
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