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Dessalines - Why not Signal? (dessalines.github.io)

submitted 3 years ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

How do you feel about marlinspikes ruthlessly banning all third party clients

False.

There are a few 3rd party clients. They all identify themselves to the server that they're 3rd party clients and they haven't been banned.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Thanks for linking Libresignal, read over its readme.

But really 3rd party clients are beside the point: the main thrust of the article is about signal being a single, us domiciled, centralized service. They don't let you self host a server, and you also have no way of verifying their server code. You just have to "trust them".