Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia

https://lemmy.world/post/18467057

Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia - Lemmy.World

> “We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says [https://x.com/signalapp/status/1821979304626155930]. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)

Legitimate countries don’t need to ban communications platforms.
Is tiktok ok?

Does ByteDance publish TikTok’s transmission protocol to demonstrate transparency?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol

Signal Protocol - Wikipedia

Signal doesn’t even provide reproducible builds 🤣
They have provided reproducible builds for almost a decade signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/ github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/…/README.md
Reproducible Signal builds for Android

As of our latest Android release, Signal builds are reproducible. Reproducible builds help to verify that the source code in our GitHub repository is the exact source code used to build the compiled Signal APK being distributed through Google Play.

Signal Messenger
now do iOS
What for? Running on a closed system there is no point to begin with.