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A comment on Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is unsecure?.

Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:05PM (#43483686)
My understanding - largely based on this person's blog - is that Signal is the best secure messaging app that exists today: https://soatok.blog/2024/07/31/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-sig...
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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by tmiku on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:13PM (#43483779)
Soatok wrote a blog about this specific incident yesterday. Signal may have the most reliable E2EE, but that isn't the only security step required to secure the most sensitive information. https://soatok.blog/2025/03/25/the-practical-limitations-of-...
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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by nradov on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:15PM (#43483799)
Nope. The US military has better (or at least more secure) messaging systems.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by Ros23 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @08:44PM (#43489213)
... based on Microsoft Lync :-) Yes, what a step forward.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by opengears on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:07PM (#43483707)
no, simplex chat is https://simplex.chat/
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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by y-curious on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:14PM (#43483788)
Ain't no one using a chat app named after a virus I have on my lips.

But actually, I imagine there's significant friction to using a new "hyper-secure application" after the encrochat debacle.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Washington Post correct in saying Signal is un... by random3 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @12:09PM (#43483722)
No, my RandomThingie is even *-er
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