Signal Review 2023: Secure Messenger (Pros and Cons)
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Signal is a secure messenger that is widely touted as one of the best options. This Signal review shows you the pros and cons.

“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”

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  • GingerKun@vlemmy.net
    314·
    1 year ago

    Basically, it makes the whole platform less secure because you could accidentally send a non-encrypted message at any time. With SMS-free Signal, at least mistaken sent messages are still E2E encrypted.

    Is their goal to become the new de-facto messaging app? Or is their goal to become the most secure messaging app for whistle blowers, etc for whom a single mistake could mean losing their life or their freedom?

    • zalack@kbin.social
      171·
      1 year ago

      Have unsecured messages be opt-in and have a warning banner on non-encrypted messages. Maybe even a confirmation dialog.

      That way people who want or need to be that paranoid can be, but the rest of us can have something a bit more convenient.

      By disallowing SMS messaging they’ve just made it so a lot of people who were being secure when their contacts allowed, aren’t being secure at all.

    • Don Corleone@lemmy.world
      14·
      1 year ago

      If they are so concerned about the privacy and lives of whistleblowers they should implement usernames (and multiple accounts) instead of forcing people to give their cell phone numbers to others.

      The use of cell phones in an app supposedly made for dissidents and whistleblowers is the stupidest decision I’ve ever seen.

    • hemmes@vlemmy.net
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m basically in this boat. My OS is what brings my notifications together, and makes clear distinctions between the different apps I utilize. I don’t need one app to do everything. I use signal for sensitive business, having conversations about projects and sending credentials to coworkers. I use Teams for general work conversations. I use iMessage for nearly all other casual conversations - of those maybe 30% are SMS.