cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 1 JahrElon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging servicewww.disruptionist.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1787cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlwolnyinternet@szmer.infoprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1787external-linkElon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging servicewww.disruptionist.comcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 1 Jahrmessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlwolnyinternet@szmer.infoprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·vor 1 JahrOnly the cool kids know where to get FOSS.
minus-squaregandhibobandhi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·vor 1 JahrYeah look: https://github.com/signalapp
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-2vor 1 JahrTheir backend is closed source. [EDIT: Incorrect, see below]
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·vor 1 Jahrhttps://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server On Wikipedia it says the servers are open source but spam prevention is proprietary.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·vor 1 JahrThanks for the correction. That’s pretty rad. Now I’m wondering if that’s a wrong memory or if it was released in the last few years.
minus-squareAdam@doomscroll.n8e.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·vor 1 JahrThere was a fuss a while back since the released source appeared to be waaaay out of date compared to what was being used. They came out and said that they wanted the usernames feature to be developed fully before it got pushed public. Which they then did.
Only the cool kids know where to get FOSS.
Is signal foss?
Yeah look: https://github.com/signalapp
Their backend is closed source.[EDIT: Incorrect, see below]
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
On Wikipedia it says the servers are open source but spam prevention is proprietary.
Thanks for the correction. That’s pretty rad. Now I’m wondering if that’s a wrong memory or if it was released in the last few years.
There was a fuss a while back since the released source appeared to be waaaay out of date compared to what was being used.
They came out and said that they wanted the usernames feature to be developed fully before it got pushed public. Which they then did.
It’s source-available