• smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    To be fair, signal is an open source protocol that anyone is free to implement.

    “The Signal Protocol (formerly known as the TextSecure Protocol) is a non-federated cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption for voice and instant messaging conversations[…]”

    Signal is an encryption protocol, not messaging protocol. My comment was about a messaging one like XMPP or Matrix.