i’ve just seen a comment in a post, in this very community, saying people trust signal because of missinformation (from what i could undertand).

if this is true, then i have a few questions:

-what menssaging app should i use for secure communications? i need an app that balances simplicity and security.

-how to explain it to my friends who use signal because i recomended?

-what this means for other apps in general?

  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    The difference between Apple and Signal is that Signal is open source, making the code available for anyone to audit and verify uts claims.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
      12·
      3 days ago

      You have no idea what code their server is running, and its impossible to host your own signal since its a centralized service.

      They went a whole year without publishing server code updates also, until they got a lot of backlash for it. Still, even publishing those is moot since its a centralized service.