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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by martin_a on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:11AM (#32649335)
> Signal forbids alternate clients

Which might be due to their E2E encryption?!?

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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by smarx007 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:18AM (#32649393)
No, it's a management decision and not a technical limitation.
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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by GekkePrutser on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @01:50PM (#32653095)
It was mainly moxie who was hell-bent against that though. I'm hoping they'll reverse their stance since he left. And on federation as well.

Moxie was against all these things because it would make new features more difficult to implement. But personally I care much more for an open infrastructure. Most of their new features weren't even useful.

I'm currently using a matrix bridge and I didn't get banned (officially that's a third party client too) so that's a good sign.

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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by hef19898 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:19AM (#32650039)
Strange, I have Signal on a de-googled Puxel 2 runnibg ClayxOS...
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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by smarx007 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:46AM (#32650341)
But I guess you have an original Signal APK installed, not an alternative client that connects to Signal servers.
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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by newpseudonymn on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @10:23AM (#32650864)
There are third party apps that connect to Signal's servers such as Molly. https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
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Re:Telegram is asking German users when to share information... by fsflover on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:30AM (#32650163)
How can I install Signal on my Qubes OS or on Pinephone, if I don't have any Google or Apple phones?
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