And signal refuses to work with my SIP number on Android 6. Which makes it
almost a non starter (that and the stated lack of adoption)..
John
On July 29, 2016 10:51:09 AM EDT, Rayzer <ray...@riseup.net> wrote:
>On 07/28/2016 10:47 PM, Bastiani Fortress wrote:
>
>> I installed signal on my phone with some enthusiasm, but it's
>> practically useless because no one around me adopted it yet. It's sad
>> that once a "social" app dominates the market, it's very hard to get
>> people to switch to better alternatives unless there is a security
>> scandal or something. Same goes with ring...
>>
>
>Personally I think having to expose the phone number of a smartphone to
>another user to establish a chat is an incredible security risk in the
>short and long run and leads to all sorts of metadata harvesting of
>your
>unencrypted info. It appears one should keep a low-budget smartphone
>for
>that use instead of their main number for better persec.
>
>I questioned Morgan Mayhem (Intercept's sysadmin/cybersec guy) about
>that when he broached how secure signal is (he's one of the developers)
>on his twitter feed. Never got a reply.
>
>Telegram allows the use of an @name instead of exposing your number if
>you set up an account but I'm unsure what happens when a connection is
>established and the contact is added to you contact list
>
>Rr
>
>
>
>> 4:53 AM, July 29, 2016, Rayzer <ray...@riseup.net>:
>>
>> Apple’s iMessage too! ("Signal leaves virtually nothing.")
>>
>> Quote source @thegrugq, Twitter
>> https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/758833939020521472
>>
>> WhatsApp Forensic Artifacts: Chats Aren’t Being Deleted
>>
>> Posted on July 28, 2016
>>
>> Sorry, folks, while experts are saying the encryption checks out
>in
>> WhatsApp, it looks like the latest version of the app tested
>leaves
>> forensic trace of all of your chats, even after you’ve deleted,
>> cleared,
>> or archived them… even if you “Clear All Chats”. In fact, the
>only way
>> to get rid of them appears to be to delete the app entirely.
>>
>> To test, I installed the app and started a few different threads.
>> I then
>> archived some, cleared, some, and deleted some threads. I made a
>> second
>> backup after running the “Clear All Chats” function in WhatsApp.
>> None of
>> these deletion or archival options made any difference in how
>deleted
>> records were preserved. In all cases, the deleted SQLite records
>> remained intact in the database.
>>
>> More, including 'How WhatsApp Can Fix This':
>> http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=6143
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> You’re not from the Castle, you’re not from the village, you are
>> nothing. Unfortunately, though, you are something, a stranger.
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