On 10/23/19 9:00 PM, a wrote: >> 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). > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html > You cannot verify if a server you do not control runs free > software or not. About signal was is important is not which license the > software > on the server has. It is whether signal enables zero knowledge encryption. > Which signal does. > > >> I wondered how you feel about using this app considering privacy. >> > The data is zero knowledge encrypted which provides > privacy. On anonymity signal is terrible. You cannot use fictional phone > numbers. Phone > numbers open for various tracking options from adversaries who have > access to > resources. In some countries you cannot buy a sim card anonymously. > Therefore > signal is only for people who want encryption of data. But do not > oppose that > an adversary might be able to monitor that communication takes place. > > > >
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