Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption

Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ... by nickik on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:42PM (#23434835)

By default its not e2e encrypted and if you want to use e2e you lose lots of capability. That is simply not acceptable in a modern messenger.

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Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ... by 0xy on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:15AM (#23437008)

Speaking as someone who regularly uses private chats, what capability?

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Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ... by AnonC on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:37AM (#23446055)

Secret chats are tied to one single device, which may be ok for some people. The bigger disadvantage is that you cannot have group chats that are end to end encrypted. Only person to person chats are allowed as secret chats.

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Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ... by nickik on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:25PM (#23452994)

- Group Chat

- Multi Device

Seems to me that are some of the most useful things about modern chat.

Also, why not just use a chat app that is save by default. The whole concept of private chat is insane to me.

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