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Re:The Future Is Not Self-Hosted by jcgl on Monday July 28, 2025 @07:30AM (#44709773)
Due to its (afaik) unrivaled privacy-preserving architecture, the Signal servers have systematically less info on you than, e.g. a Matrix server. The risks of an attack should therefore be much lower.

Oversimplifying a little bit here, but I believe the most likely outcome of a Signal hack would be downtime, rather than a data leak. Contrast that with e.g. matrix.org (where the majority of Matrix users are).

Re:The Future Is Not Self-Hosted by fsflover on Monday July 28, 2025 @12:54PM (#44712729)
> Contrast that with e.g. matrix.org (where the majority of Matrix users are)

This effectively confirms that federation is important, i.e., you shouldn't use the same server as everyone else, for your security.

> Due to its (afaik) unrivaled privacy-preserving architecture

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29888228

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39445976

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/13842

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42788647