Signal Private Messenger

[Sushubh]

Source

 

[socrates]

Agree many people are not agreeing to having 2 messenger app, the other extreme is having 3 on the phone 😁. Noticed that many new entrants who had flooded Telegram are now back to WA not not accessing their Tg app for last 2 days. 🤨

 

[Jonas]

I was creeped out when my church's pastor sent a Bible quote to me on signal yesterday. I don't mind it, but I was creeped out.

 

[rajil.s]

I am assuming people use messenger as well. So now they'll have to use three different services. WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Messenger.

Or just use one front-end Element/Matrix with federation to these platforms.

 

[Sushubh]

yup. one of the criticism of signal is that it locks out third party apps. for an open platform, they are a pretty closed system. even telegram let third party apps using the same protocol which is open source and there are a lot of unofficial apps out there.

 

[Adithya]

Signal has third party apps.

 

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[Sushubh]

weird. google does not point to many. one is hosted on github but seems to have been discarded.

 

[Adithya]

GitHub - mollyim/mollyim-android: Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.

Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal. Contribute to mollyim/mollyim-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Saw this on reddit (or hn?) a few days ago, it was really hard to find.

 

[socrates]

Has anyone tried Element. Is it easy for a novice to connect to WA, Tg, Signal?

 

[shashankb]

Yeah does not even require Number . Just gives you a ID and you are good to go

 

[rajil.s]

Has anyone tried Element. Is it easy for a novice to connect to WA, Tg, Signal?

Yes, have been using for some time now.

I did propose to @Sushubh to make it the primary messenger for this forum, but he was more keen on Telegram.

 

[socrates]

Is bridging builtin or we require some coding for it? (Heard this from a tech radar article that we require coding & own server to bridge to wa, tg & signal).🤔

 

[rajil.s]

No coding is required, but you need to host your server. Some config is required to setup the bridges.

 

[swatkats]

All thanks to Elon musk, Signal is doing okay at the moment looking at their Sign up rate.

It's most likely that only 10-15% of present users will stay active on Signal. Personally, I liked the app, However, the UI is not Smooth.

I do not like Telegram for some reason. May be that influence by Snowden and Musk for Signal?

Have you tried Threema? Core IT people are starting to use this!

Signal won't replace WhatsApp, the cofounder of both encrypted messaging apps says. Instead, people will use the 2 services for different conversations. - Business Insider India

I have no desire to do all the things that WhatsApp does, Brian Acton, a cofounder of Signal, told TechCrunch. Acton also cofounded WhatsApp.

www.businessinsider.in

That's correct!

 

[socrates]

Thanks. I guess i will drop the idea of Element. Had used similar s/w in the 90's on the desktop which offered interconnectivity across different platforms. But now its just not worth the effort to host a server for what is exchanged on these apps.😁😝