Signal Tests Sharing Public Usernames in Place of Phone Numbers

[SpotOnT]

They're equally "secure" in that everything is E2E encrypted. Signal has self destruct messaging and hides metadata (which Apple doesn't collect anyway) which would be classified more as features than security.

People don't use it because they have to get everyone they want to connect with on it. Where iMessage is already there and ready to go for all iPhone users.

Not really a fair comparison. iMessage is only E2E if everyone enables that and doesn’t back their messages up to iCloud. How many people do you know (besides me) who don’t backup their phone to iCloud?

And if you go with WhatsApp, then you have them sharing your metadata and contacts.

 

[SpotOnT]

We still know the conversations are being monitored.

Not according to FBI documents leaked by Snowden.

While digital privacy is pretty hard, and possibly impossible, to come by, not all platforms are the same. Pretending they are is willful ignorance.

 

[SpotOnT]

I don't need anything fancy to send a dog picture

Thats Ok. Signal isn’t fancy. Sounds right up your alley!

 

[svish]

Great to see this happening. Hopefully it will be rolled out soon

 

[giffut]

Signal is still missing a chat backup solution and robust image/video managing on its iOS version.

At the moment, you only can manage media by going into each single chat and push them manually into the photo app/offline.

No backup at all, not even an export function to storage. This is a feature called for by many for years and they ignore it completely.

Mind you, on the android version this is all already possible.