Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by lmm 3560 days ago
Signal is pseudo-open-source but will not allow you to use it except via the closed-source google play services, so I still wouldn't have confidence in it.
2 comments
glogla 3560 days ago
Yes. Also, on what payroll is Moxie now? He was working with Facebook on WhatsApp and then worked with Google on their new messaging app.
link
codethief 3560 days ago
This is incorrect. There is an open source reimplementation of Google Play Services (https://microg.org/) and Signal works beautifully with it.
link
claudius 3560 days ago
And wherefrom can you get Signal except for the Google Play store? I was looking for it a while ago to install on my phone but only found two other projects which were threatened by moxie and then shut down.
link
aorth 3560 days ago
I compile my own binaries. Not too bad actually.
link
kuschku 3560 days ago
So the Signal APK does NOT depend on the Google Cloud Messaging library anymore, which pulls in 40k LOC of analytics?
link