❌ Software Removal | Signal #2308

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2021-05-29T07:02:39Z

ghost commented

2021-05-29 07:02:39 +00:00

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Description

I suggest removing Signal.

Why I am making the suggestion

At least on Android, it asks for a Google Captcha when I sign up.
This is undesirable from a privacy perspective.

My connection with the software

user

I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

## Description I suggest removing Signal. ## Why I am making the suggestion At least on Android, it asks for a Google Captcha when I sign up. This is undesirable from a privacy perspective. ## My connection with the software user - [x] I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

rusty-snake commented

2021-05-29 07:06:22 +00:00

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Duplicate of #779

samuel-lucas6 commented

2021-06-03 09:47:51 +00:00

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I'm by no means a Signal fan but removing it is a bad idea because it's one of the better and most useable privacy messengers currently available. Lots of people seem to praise Element, but I've had problems like messages never being decrypted to the point that it was pointless using the platform. The element-web GitHub repo has nearly 5,000 open issues, so I'm clearly not the only person experiencing problems. Then the peer-to-peer messengers on the PrivacyTools website have limited use cases, with Briar only being available on Android. The current state of messengers is messy, much like the situation with browsers.

I'm by no means a Signal fan but removing it is a bad idea because it's one of the better and most useable privacy messengers currently available. Lots of people seem to praise Element, but I've had problems like messages never being decrypted to the point that it was pointless using the platform. The element-web GitHub [repo](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues) has nearly 5,000 open issues, so I'm clearly not the only person experiencing problems. Then the peer-to-peer messengers on the PrivacyTools website have limited use cases, with Briar only being available on Android. The current state of messengers is messy, much like the situation with browsers.

freddy-m commented

2021-06-03 21:08:34 +00:00

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Duplicate of #779

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