Indeed the centralized architecture is a big downside, philosophically at least, and with a potential single point of failure (even if I can imagine they use several distributed systems, it still remain on some centralisation like DNS).
Thank for your advices and answers. - Fil Lupin. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:36 PM, dllud <[email protected]> wrote: > Good to know it no longer uses GCM. Sorry for the outdated info. > > Still, if you are starting from scratch, like Fil apparently is, better > opt for a federated network like XMPP or Matrix. > > Nick, for XMPP (with OMEMO) on iOS you can use https://chatsecure.org/ > > Regards, > David > > On 16/10/2019 11:48, Nick wrote: > > > Hi Fil, > > It is possible to install and use Signal on Replicant now, it no > > longer relies on the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) libraries it used > > to. As David mentioned, it has some downsides, such as reliance on > > one server, but it has worked well for me for some years now. > > It isn't in fdroid at the moment, which used to be because of the > > GCM requirement, skimming the web now it looks like it's because of > > trademark issues (signal being not happy to have a rebuilt version > > be called 'signal') - > > https://forum.f-droid.org/t/signal-in-f-droid-in-2018/2847 > > From reading that thread it looks like there may be several forks > > which basically just rename it which you may be able to find, or you > > could install the APK from signal's website, or (as I have done) > > install it using the Aurora Store app (which is available from > > Fdroid). > > Conversations clearly has lots going for it, and I may well give it > > a go in the future. But it took ages to get my friends and family > > using something free and secure and not facebook controlled (signal, > > rather than whatsapp); I don't think asking them all to change again > > would be particularly well received, plus I'd have to find a > > different client for friends using iOS. For now, for me, Signal > > offers the best set of compromises. > > Best of luck, > > Nick > > Quoth Fil Lupin: > > > > > Hello, > > > I read again a bit about Signal app and the license is GPLv3 for client > > > and AGPLv3 for server. > > > However, this app use servers with a (very) few metadata (day of last > > > connection, but not who interact with you). > > > I wondered how you feel about using this app considering privacy. > > > About Signal : > > > https://theintercept.com/2015/11/12/edward-snowden-explains-how-to-reclaim-your-privacy/ > > > Cheers, > > > > > > - Fil Lupin. > > > > > Replicant mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > > > > Replicant mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > > Replicant mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
