Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by pests on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:59PM
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Just because a project is open source doesn't mean everything the team works on or releases will be in the public eye, nor does it even imply that it has to be open source as well.
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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by theultdev on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @03:13PM
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That's not what this is about.
It's not just any open-source project.
It's a privacy-orientated open-source project.
They could at least BSL the server code and allow others to verify the server code and host but not compete.
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by growse on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @03:57PM
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> They could at least BSL the server code and allow others to verify the server code and host but not compete.
This is exactly what they do (except they use AGPL): https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server