Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Available in One Dump

Re:Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Av... by RantyDave on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:35AM (#26720919)

I'm obviously old and cynical. The idea that the script that sends updates to GitHub should break, and that nobody noticed for a year, sounds entirely plausible. Likely, even.

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Re:Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Av... by petertodd on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:52AM (#26720989)

I was thinking they didn't want to reveal the recent MobileCoin integration. Though looks like the Signal Server involvement with that is minimal: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/365ad3a4f821...

I haven't checked the repo more thoroughly though. They really should give a public explanation; the idea they didn't this when multiple people have asked is not believable.

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Re:Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Av... by tareqak on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:19AM (#26721406)

Thanks for the link to configuration to the payment system there. I found the commit that added that here dated October, 8 2020: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/commit/39c09733d3... .

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Re:Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Av... by petertodd on Thursday April 08, 2021 @03:49AM (#26736144)

Ah, thanks! I don't know why I didn't think to grep for "payments". That makes it pretty clear that they were hiding the integration.

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Re:Signal Just Made One Years Worth of Server Source Code Av... by nuisance-bear on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:21AM (#26722762)

People noticed. tptacek has mentioned it a few times on this forum.

I like Signal. I want to like Signal. But I find myself making an increasing number of excuses for behavior inconsistent with their roots.

I wonder if there is enough energy out there to propel a thin-client fork.

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