RE: https://infosec.exchange/@molytov/116376968214888959

Gee, maybe Signal shouldn’t keep harassing people to turn on notifications and take no for an answer?

Thoughts, @Mer__edith?

@aral @Mer__edith also a reminder that support for #UnifiedPush, so notifications can be delivered over private ntfy or Nextcloud servers without leaking content to GCM/FCM, has been requested by users for a while.

Context:

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/13290

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/12490

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/11154

Add another way to receive notifications · Issue #13290 · signalapp/Signal-Android

Hi, It seems weird that Signal still relies on GCM/FCM for notifications. Even with Signal APK downloaded from the website, and having whitelisted Signal in DNSfilter (personalDNSfilter | F-Droid -...

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