On 2016-08-17 16:08, Chris Laprise wrote:
On 08/17/2016 11:35 AM, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote:
On the Signal matter, just some personal paranoia Re: Signal and
Google
Play Services:
I've been the subject of some rather intense and ongoing hacking
(iPhone,
iPad, Android phone/tablet, PC, MacBook, cable modem connection, you
name
it).
On the Android phone, I wiped it several times, and switched to
Cyanogen,
but the "weirdness" kept coming back. (Seeing stuff being recorded,
logged, queued to upload etc., when scrutinizing the filesystem with
adb.)
The issues often seemed to dance around Google Play Services.
The problem kept coming back, until last time, when I wiped the phone
yet
again, but didn't install Google Play Store (and thus no Google Play
Services). Things *appear* to be stable and secure now, with no
logging/recording/uploading weirdness showing up on the filesystem.
I'd like to install and use Signal for obvious reasons, but I honestly
don't trust Google Store/Services enough to take the risk.
(I have a psycho ex with some crooked cop buddies, so I half suspect
some
law enforcement/government hook might be present in Google Play
Services.
Speculation of course. But I'll personally stay clear for now. I'm
not
doing anything illegal, but with crooked cops it really doesn't matter
much. :) )
I did get a copy of Signal from apkmirror, but I expect it might not
work
without Play Services, and I'm not sure it'd be smart to implicitly
trust
apkmirror, either. So I'll keep my SmartPhone as a DumbPhone for now.
I was kind of excited to hear about Signal for Chromium, but
disappointed
to find it relied upon you also having it installed on your
smartphone.
Aaaaaand then there's this:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/not-ok-google-chromium-voice-extension-pulled-after-spying-concerns/
Not cool, Google.
Cheers. :)
I have to say I don't understand the logic of tying an app like Signal
to Google, meaning the user is attached to Google at the hip.
Especially when an app like Ring.cx operates without a browser or even
a server, which seems far less risky.
Chris
But Google just announced their end of support for Chrome apps on
Windows, Mac, and Linux in early 2018.
https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html
Won't that kill the Signal app?
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"qubes-users" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/88da137bb3ef7a3567603e0d42dd3d87%40riseup.net.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
