I wonder why Signal’s download size is so much larger than the competition? Intuition says it would be smaller

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  • libsignal-protocol-c

    Discontinued Signal Protocol C Library

  • Signal wrote their own open source protocol, libsignal, to provide end to end encryption; or as they put it "a ratcheting forward secrecy protocol that works in synchronous and asynchronous messaging environments." Source I'd wager good money a chunk of that space is for said library and dependencies PLUS the regular rigamarole for an Android app.

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