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  • jet@hackertalks.comtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldWhat's the deal with Signal?
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    24 hours ago

    Signal is great, you should use it.

    Current problems with signal

    1. it’s centralized
    2. your encryption key is stored in the cloud
    3. It’s not federated

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    1. Means it’s vulnerable to government pressure, it’s not wrench proof

    2. means you can’t really trust it for sensitive things, like if you were running the french government communication systems it would be foolish to use signal. Signal uses the power of Intel SGX enclaves to keep your private key safe, so your trusting Intel not to sign something bad, your trusting sgx to not have exploits, etc.

    3. Means it’s a walled garden, and not open to self hosting.

    Signal is the best main stream e2e out there, but it’s not the last one we will ever see, something will replace it