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Re:Signal: Will leave the EU market rather than undermine ou... by hellojesus on Sunday June 02, 2024 @01:55AM (#40551717)
You could always roll your own protocol that you use to interface with contacts, basically replicating Signal's algo. The gov wouldn't be able to stop that.
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Re:Signal: Will leave the EU market rather than undermine ou... by herewulf on Sunday June 02, 2024 @02:28AM (#40551881)
The Signal client and (irregularly) the server are published as open source. You can run your own Signal instance. If you want to complicate your life, of course.
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Re:Signal: Will leave the EU market rather than undermine ou... by Hoodedcrow on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:05AM (#40552011)
There is an easier way - going with a selfhostable, federated solution. And at least XMPP is now commonly used with an encryption protocol that is based on Signal's.
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