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Time to get serious with E2E encrypted messaging (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently use Telegram for my friends and family, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the UK Government is either reaching agreement for backdoors with messaging services, or is trying its hardest to.

I'm also on Element/Matrix. Before I try to get my contacts to join me on there, should I be aware of any privacy issues or is that a good place to head?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Indeed. Tucked away in a corner of their web site, where it isn't easy to find unless someone else guides you to it, below a large bold warning that discourages people from actually using it:

Danger zone

Advanced users with special needs can download the Signal APK directly. Most users should not do this under normal circumstances.

This ensures that nearly nobody uses that build. Consequently, almost all chats on Signal will have an app store build running on at least one endpoint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

below a large bold warning that discourages people from actually using it

Yeah, because an APK downloaded from the web isn't automatically verified. You need to perform the verification of the package manually, which most users probably won't do. So it's safer to download a build from the Play Store, which does this automatically in the background.