SignalNov 16, 2023

Signal is a nonprofit. But what does this mean in practice? Today we do something most tech co’s avoid: talk money. What does it cost for Signal to play in a lane dominated by billion $ corporations, while rejecting the surveillance business model?

https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto standard for private commu...

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Show threadwnm210Nov 16, 2023

@signalapp Hmm, decentralization might help reducing costs.

CC @slavistapl

Show threadOliwier JaszczyszynNov 16, 2023

@wnm210 @signalapp indeed, Signal should one day go being decentralised… if Signal shuts down in current model they pursue into, we would lose all our contacts likely irrevocably.

Decentralisation plus phone numbers’ privacy? A recipe for almost ideal messaging service.

Show threadwnm210Nov 16, 2023
@slavistapl @signalapp well actually decentralization would be harder to set up with phone numbers so I think they would add e-mails instead. I don’t know how they would solve the problem of checking the phone number on private instances.
Show threadOliwier Jaszczyszyn
@wnm210

Eventually this could be solved like in Matrix: register with a phone number or e-mail - up to you.

@signalapp
Nov 16, 2023 at 6:13pmWeb