Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts

Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by Rd6n6 on Sunday July 25, 2021 @01:54PM (#27951339)

It’s not enough for signal to work for tech people. You have to be able to convince your family and friends to use it, it’s a network effects problem. They are adding features so that ordinary people can have private communications

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by ikiris on Sunday July 25, 2021 @02:49PM (#27951808)

ordinary people don't give a flying f** about being able to send someone crypto currency via their messaging app.

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by ViViDboarder on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:24PM (#27953513)

Though many of their competing apps support this feature. Facebook, Apple, WeChat, etc.

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by renewiltord on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:53PM (#27952366)

But everyone wants to send money or money-equivalents. I use Venmo almost every other day.

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by M2Ys4U on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:35AM (#27957822)

But why roll that in to a chat app? Why not use your bank's app (or if you live in a country with a 19th century banking system like the USA, something like Venmo)?

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by npteljes on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:11AM (#27958921)

I guess because your chat app is also your contacts management app, even if by accident.

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by renewiltord on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:40AM (#27960799)

Because I have performed out of band verification for contacts in my chat app.

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by GuB-42 on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:08PM (#27951969)

If that's the case, why did they remove SMS import?

It used to be "just install that, you will be more secure and won't notice the difference". To "you will lose all your messages".

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Re:Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts by mdaniel on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:49PM (#27954676)

And its MMS support is both gravely broken and has been declared a non-priority (I don't have the link handy, but also don't care if folks think I'm lying)

I don't know that this incident will cause me to uninstall Signal, but it for sure is going to get my recurring donation cancelled

If I fix the MMS for my carrier *again* and then that fix is ignored or rejected, that's when I'll uninstall it

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