As Signal get your phone number. Can we considerate this application as private ? What’s your thoughts about it ? I’m also using SimpleX, ElementX, Threema, but not much people using it…

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    5 days ago

    Oh, you think that they show you the actual door? They don’t - ever. But read the article again. Do you think that any agency will post millions into an app, where they don’t have a backdoor? The article clearly describes how the privacy part has been weakened.

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      5 days ago

      Isn’t it open source?

      Oh, you think that they show you the actual door? They don’t - ever.

      In open source projects they indeed do show the backdoor. That’s is one of the key points of open source (along with free-ish terms of use). Closed source projects just say “there aren’t any” without showing anything.

      I’ve said many times I’m critical of Signal & ready to switch, but backdoor seems unconfirmed.

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        I’m sorry to hear that you don’t really get how this works. Do read the article and stop wasting my time here. Thanks.