Thank you, while I would like to see several changes (including a new audit) I don’t feel the underlying tech is invalidated by their server location.
Obviously people are opinionated (more so now that user bases are somewhat easily swayed post-WhatsApp awakening, it seems to me) but I too feel there are several reasons to still choose Signal.
I guess you can make a case that Signal is just as centralized as many other messaging services too, despite it’s many notable security features. And iirc, WhatsApp is basically a fork of Signal minus some features and tighter integration with Facebook.
No, WhatsApp implements the Signal protocol, but that’s it. Their entire codebase is proprietary (and their implementation of the Signal protocol is too).
Thank you, while I would like to see several changes (including a new audit) I don’t feel the underlying tech is invalidated by their server location.
Obviously people are opinionated (more so now that user bases are somewhat easily swayed post-WhatsApp awakening, it seems to me) but I too feel there are several reasons to still choose Signal.
I guess you can make a case that Signal is just as centralized as many other messaging services too, despite it’s many notable security features. And iirc, WhatsApp is basically a fork of Signal minus some features and tighter integration with Facebook.
No, WhatsApp implements the Signal protocol, but that’s it. Their entire codebase is proprietary (and their implementation of the Signal protocol is too).
Whatsapp is no signal fork at all
They just implemented the same cryptographic algorithm, the app isn’t open source or trustable
You’re right. Was reading into it’s history…
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It is a non-standard XMPP with a later added encryption scheme outcontracted to Moxie and likely similar to what Signal uses / OMEMO is.