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libsignal
- Police used Cellebrite to break into my phone, how do I prevent this in the future?
- EU haluaa kieltää vahvan salauksen - vaatii takaportteja viestisovelluksiin
- Signal has begun it's transition towards post-quantum key exchanges
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libsignal-go built for go1.20+
I am in the process of building a Go implementation of the libsignal-protocol, which powers the Signal app.
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End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal
How is twitter intending to use libsignal? I doubt it would be via the primary AGPL license[1], forcing them to publish the source code of their server source code. Does signal sell private licenses?
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal/blob/main/LICENSE
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Twitter Will Adopt Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs
The Signal Protocol is licensed under AGPLv3 (see here).
Signal protocol is AGPL3 https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal
- Twitter to Encrypt Direct Messages Using Signal Protocol, Shows Code
- Elon Musk says he wants 'Twitter 2.0' to have video chat, voice calls, and encrypted DMs — and has enlisted the help of Signal's founder
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Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubuntu Snap
This is the license for libsignal: https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal/blob/main/LICENSE
The only reference to trademark is:
> Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
whisperfish
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Signal discussed at May Contain Hackers 2022 Conference
There are good reasons to exert a level of control over what connects to a communication network. But effectively shutting out a community of developers that would love to implement Signal clients for less popular OSes (many of which happen to attract the kind of infosec-aware crowd that used to be the core pushers of Signal) is not a good outcome.
- The status of Signal-Desktop-5.0.0 running on Pinephone made progress.
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starting a native adaptive Linux client for Signal
Exactly. The question here is whether we play or not. I'vre written my thoughts about this on our FAQ, with some references.
What are some alternatives?
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
gccrs - GCC Front-End for Rust
openpgpjs - OpenPGP implementation for JavaScript
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
status-mobile - a free (libre) open source, mobile OS for Ethereum
signal - Multiplatform signal support for Haskell
nimbus-eth2 - Nim implementation of the Ethereum Beacon Chain
mixxx - Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.