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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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I really don't understand why so many people like Signal. It's an utter piece of shit in terms of UX, has questionable security practices, harvests phone numbers, and it's located on a central server in US.

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[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

What else is free, open source, end-to-end encrypted, has better UX and security practices, and isn't located on a central server in the US?

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have zero expertise in this but xmpp is an old decentralised technology with encryption available

[–] landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago

You can also layer encryption on top of xmpp like omemo and openpgp

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