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by pdxandi 2050 days ago
Have you considered using Signal instead of WhatsApp for secure messaging?
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speedgoose 2050 days ago
Yes, and also Matrix. But WhatsApp is very popular in my family's country and everyone was already using it.
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grayhatter 2050 days ago
Why do people trust signal isn't it as black box as everything else? Or did they add reproduceable builds already?
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pdxandi 2049 days ago
Signal is open source: https://github.com/signalapp
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sitkack 2050 days ago
Encryption on Signal is all client side, the server can't see the plain text, says Signal.
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psnehanshu 2049 days ago
say WhatsApp too
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