Loads of my contacts are on #Telegram and I really can't understand why it is more popular than #Signal (could be subjective based on my contacts cohort).

I dedicated this end of the week to reading some papers, especially about #MTProto and #SignalProtocol. I couldn't find a white paper on the former and I know research papers are written on those so there is little I can say about it.

But here is my statement - I can't find an advantage of Telegram over Signal. What am I missing?

It's incredibly sad to me that Signal (the leadership) gave up a position of interoperability and trust, and funneled users from Signal (the app) to Google Messages.[1]

Now Google Messages is one of only a few apps that can talk to a new iPhone out of the box. It also has the best encryption support of those Android options.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/google-messages-mls-encrypted/

[1]: https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/

#SignalApp #GoogleMessages
#SMS #RCS
#SignalProtocol #MLS #EncryptedGroups

@openrightsgroup The #UK can’t stop #PGP #privacy #messagescanning #meta #facebook #whatsapp #signal #signalprotocol

#Twitter will adopt #SignalProtocol for encrypted DMs, according to Jane Manchun Wong. Unfortunately, she deleted her account due to racist attacks against her.

#e2ee #cryptography

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/twitter-will-adopt-the-signal-protocol-for-encrypted-dms-says-security-researcher

> #Twitter will adopt the #Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs - Seeing code references of the #SignalProtocol inside Twitter’s #iOS app

https://nitter.net/wongmjane/status/1596615573303357440

#technology #privacy

@joel it's compromised on trust & implementation factors, not the tech. I do not trust them after this #MobileCoin fiasco.

Let me be clear that I actually do use the #SignalProtocol, which is a great protocol, when I send 1-on-1 SMS/MMS using the #Silence app on @fdroidorg. This app is still using the protocol without sending any data to this trust-compromising company.

@Wyndix @syscrash@linuxrocks.online @AlexAlzate

@AlexAlzate before #SignalMessenger existed, there were two separate apps - one for encrypted SMS/MMS & the other for encrypted calls. The #SignalProtocol is good, but this implementation is crap with centralized servers and you can never have your own server.

That separate encrypted text app was maintained. I use it for 1-on-1 texting with friends. It does not send any data to the Signal servers and is just between you and that person. The link is here
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure/