"WhatsApp is to hand your phone number to Facebook", use @whispersystems Signal instead
Can you see how "Google knows when a background app receives a wakeup" is very different from "Signal hands your identity to Google?"
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and the combo of 1) refusing 3rd party client support, and 2) not providing a G-free APK leaves many out in the cold
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We don't feel we can support clients out of our control, but we'd love it if you proved us wrong. Let us know if we can help w/ setup
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I don't think anyone would expect you to actively support alternate clients, but letting them on the network is a good start
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Having them on the network is supporting them. If our users are communicating with them, then when they break our users are effected.
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However, we'd love to be proven wrong. The source is available, so feel free to do it differently if you disagree.
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You conveniently version libsignal-protocol-java for compatibility (and in theory interoperability). Isn't that enough?
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It's okay if you don't want let other kids play in your sandbox. I just think it's a damn shame.
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We don't disagree, but sadly moral high ground alone isn't enough to make something work:https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ …
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Sounds flippant. More accurate is "Signal needs an identity with Google, and usage (sans data) can be tracked and subpoenad"
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Where "identity" is an unlinkable random number and where "usage" is when the app is woken up from background sleep.
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I get that you're just using G's push and trying to maintain anonymity for users, but that decision doesn't work for many.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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