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ringrtc
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Strange signal debug log. Why does the product say panther? And why is signal contacting ringrtc? Does this look normal?
On the two points you raised: - Panther is the codename given by Google for the Pixel 7 device. - RingRTC is a middleware library providing Signal Messenger applications with video and voice calling services built on top of WebRTC: https://github.com/signalapp/ringrtc
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LiveKit – open-source, high performance WebRTC infrastructure
If you did not know, there is also https://github.com/signalapp/ringrtc by the Signal App team, which is written in Rust
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Signal now supports group calls up to 40 people, using Rust
Huh, Signal's WebRTC implementation seems to be using Rust implementations of crypto primitives such as AES: example usage, Cargo.toml
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WhatsApp and most alternatives share the same problem
Signal is still an improvement over other non-federated messengers in that it's open-source, so you actually can try to improve the situation, although it's notoriously difficult. As an example of more platform support: https://github.com/signalapp/ringrtc/pull/12
signal-cli is an example of a 3rd party client which is tolerated for now: https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli
The main problem right now is that they don't have enough developers to take care of everything, but it's not specific to centralized services (no developer == no code). If you care about it, you can develop your own client using their library (à la signal-cli).
Regarding your last paragraph: I could probably list 20 features I'd like to see in Signal. That doesn't mean I want somebody implementing them with no guarantee about how securely they are implemented. One of the main goals of Signal is to provide guarantees against dragnet surveillance, and that constraint takes precedence.
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Does Signal still use the client-side fan-out method for group chats?
I know their voice/video chats are built on top of WebRTC, they call it RingRTC perhaps you can find the answers there
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is anyone regretting moving to signal and moving back to whatsapp?
Outside of the Android app, they had a bunch of "new developers" join, and they ported the call signalling framework to Rust: https://github.com/signalapp/ringrtc . This Rust library is now used by the other apps.
TextSecure
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The xz sshd backdoor rabbithole goes quite a bit deeper
Moxie's reasons for disallowing Signal distribution via F-droid always rang a little flat to me ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127 ). Lots of chatter about the supposedly superior security model of Google Play Store, and as a result fewer eyes independently building and testing the Signal code base. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but independent and reproducible builds seem like a net positive for everyone. Always struggled to understand releasing code as open source without taking advantage of the community's willingness to build and test. Looking at it in a new light after the XZ backdoor, and Jia Tan's interactions with other FOSS folk.
- WhatsApp forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code
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Signal: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal has documentation on how to reproduce their Play Store builds and compare them with what you've installed locally:
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/reprod...
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Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy
There's nothing on Signal blog as of yet, but Signal's git repository was tagged with v7.0.0 yesterday and we can see from the commit history since the previously tagged version (v6.74.4) that there will be a setting to hide one's phone number [1], as well as disabling the previous default behavior of advertising that one is on Signal to all their contacts already using it [2].
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/8797236b5... (PNP stands for "Phone Number Privacy")
[2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/6097e6c30...
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What are you shocked people are still doing nowadays?
Signal works the same but without the user tracking from Meta/Facebook. Many people use it as well but I'm surprised that a majority sticks to WhatsApp.
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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
Telegram and Signal solve this.
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Apple Just Confirmed Governments Are Spying on People’s Phones With Push Notifications
Sadly yes: Looks like an open issue 13290 for Signal, sounds like they were/are indeed still interacting through google's push notification service, wat, and per a link at that issue it was a chore for Tutanota to break away once they realised it was a problem some years ago (though at least they thought about it years ago? wtf Signal...)
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Building end-to-end security for Messenger – Engineering at Meta
Here is one: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/main/reprod...
- Are Signal Notifications Encrypted ?
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Facebook & Messenger finally get end-to-end encryption
Rule 1: Posts to r/signal must relate to Signal.
What are some alternatives?
Signal-Server - Server supporting the Signal Private Messenger applications on Android, Desktop, and iOS
undiscord - Undiscord - Delete all messages in a Discord server / channel or DM (Easy and fast) Bulk delete
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
Signal-TLS-Proxy
livekit - End-to-end stack for WebRTC. SFU media server and SDKs.
duckduckgo-locales - Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>
libwebrtc - LibWebRTC tooling, rust bindings and more
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
OvenMediaEngine - OvenMediaEngine (OME) is a Sub-Second Latency Live Streaming Server with Large-Scale and High-Definition. #WebRTC #LLHLS
MaterialAudiobookPlayer - Minimalistic audiobook player
webrtc - A pure Rust implementation of WebRTC
Signal-Android - Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease".