SignalAug 9, 2024

We're aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries. As a reminder, Signal's built-in censorship circumvention feature might be able to help if your connection is affected:

Signal Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Censorship circumvention (on)

Show threadSignalAug 9, 2024
We have already started working on more advanced censorship circumvention techniques, but in order for these efforts to be most effective we need the big companies who are dragging their feet on moving away from plaintext SNI headers to start taking this problem more seriously.
Show threadSignalAug 9, 2024
Solutions like Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) remove the plaintext server name from the TLS handshake, which makes it far more difficult for hostile ISPs to block access to the sites and services you care about — but this isn’t widely supported yet. We hope that starts to change.
Show threadSignalAug 9, 2024
In the meantime, our team will continue to do everything we can to maintain and restore access to Signal. We appreciate your patience and support.
Show threadMehrad   Aug 10, 2024

@signalapp
You are barking under the wrong tree. The first and immediate problem is your weird dependence on phone number during registration. SMS is not encrypted and those "some countries" don't need to do any mumbojumbo to block #Signal, it is simply enough to block the registration SMS!! We have been telling you this for about 3 years now, and you did absolutely nothing about it.

And yes, I'm a monthly donor to Signal !

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@Mehrad @signalapp Am I crazy or aren't they rolling out a username system to address this?
Aug 10, 2024 at 12:08pmTusky