Signal AMA on Reddit

Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by dyingkneepad on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:04PM (#25690487)

After installing the phone version, I just tried the Desktop version on Debian. It doesn't work: fails to connect because none of the machines I have (even the Windows one!) is able to trust the digital certificate from https://textsecure-service.whispersystems.org/v1/config . I mean, I could try to add the certificate to the exception list, but when it comes to stuff like Signal I feel I shouldn't be doing any of this at all. And their website has no mention about adding certificates to my chain.

I wanna try to move away from Whatsapp too, but when your "Secure" app fails to work because no one trusts your digital certificate, I inevitably start questioning your claims of both quality and security... Everybody will stick to the old product if the new one isn't polished....

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by m_b on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:24PM (#25690697)

The Signal Desktop app you are trying to install must be somehow outdated, the desktop apps I use are working perfectly (both GNU/Linux and macOS) and I never encountered this issue. Maybe try to get some help from the community? https://community.signalusers.org/

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by TheChaplain on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:10PM (#25690563)

ElementApp/Matrix might be a better option?

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by driminicus on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:28PM (#25690752)

The matrix signal bridge is pretty great too!

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by kitkat_new on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:38PM (#25690844)

Matrix definitely would fit more into the world of Linux: independence, decentralization & Community

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by akvadrako on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:19PM (#25690663)

What are you doing? That is a self-signed certificate, so your computer shouldn't trust it. Yet the Desktop apps work fine.

Maybe your version of Signal is too old?

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by dyingkneepad on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:24PM (#25690701)

I just launched the Dekstop app from their Debian apt repository. It says "Something went wrong! Failed to connect to server." and then the Debug Log contains stuff such as:

FetchError: request to https://textsecure-service.whispersystems.org/v1/config failed, reason: unable to verify the first certificate

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by teekert on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:46PM (#25691520)

Distro repos are notorious for containing super out of date stuff (especially when it comes to these kinds of apps). It's why we now have flatpack, AppImage and Snaps. Always check the version numbers when using repo stuff.

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by Joeboy on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:39PM (#25692363)

Bit of a stab in the dark here, but are you sure the repo is enabled and you're getting updates? I just realized I was using an outdated version because Ubuntu disables third party repos when upgrading.

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by vengefulduck on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:34PM (#25691418)

It’s probably outdated, I know Debian is pretty conservative when it comes to package updates, have you tried getting it from signal directly?

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by searchableguy on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:34PM (#25690807)

Could you check the version of signal desktop app?

I installed signal desktop app just now. It's 1.139.4 - Do you have the same?

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by Joeboy on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:44PM (#25692477)

Just upgraded mine and it says v1.39.4. Suspect you might have a spurious 1 in there.

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by searchableguy on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:50PM (#25717247)

Thanks for the correction.

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Re:Signal AMA on Reddit by abdullahkhalids on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:10PM (#25691720)

Download and install from here https://signal.org/download/

I use it on Debian. Works fine.

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