Signal: The Pqxdh Key Agreement Protocol

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  • session-android

    A private messenger for Android.

  • * marketing "Perfect Forward Secrecy" AKA "Forward Secrecy"[0].

    I favor Session Private Messenger[1] because it is decentralized and allows third party clients, but Signal enthusiasts warn me that the Session client may, hypothetically, at some future date, integrate a cryptocurrency, as the Signal client already does[2].

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy

    [1] https://getsession.org

    [2] https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/signal.html

  • LibreSignal

    LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.

  • 0: https://github.com/libresignal/libresignal/issues/37

    I push back when anyone recommends Signal because they are fundamentally not an open network.

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