[Replicant] signal app

[Kurtis Hanna]

Denver,

Your input is very much welcome on this list. We just recently added
ethernet support for our Replicant devices, in addition to upgrades to
our external wifi dongle support. With your service Replicant users can
use both Signal and do regular text and VOIP phone calls without the
need to use the cellular network. I've used your service in this way for
the last two years, actually.

I also wanted to point out that for people that are uncomfortable with
Signal's apk from their website, another option for Replicant users
might be to install signal-cli via Termux or another terminal app.
https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli It lacks a GUI, I believe, but might
check some other boxes for people.

Lastly, it'd be interesting to see if someone could set up signal-cli on
a server and have the messages there piped through to an xmpp server so
that users could get signal messages sent directly to their phones via
OMEMO from their server. I haven't thought through the details of this
yet, but figured I'd throw the idea out there.

In Solidarity,
Kurtis

Denver Gingerich:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 09:00:16PM +0200, a wrote:
>>> I wondered how you feel about using this app considering
>>> privacy.
>> 
>> The data is zero knowledge encrypted which provides privacy. On
>> anonymity signal is terrible. You cannot use fictional phone 
>> numbers. Phone numbers open for various tracking options from
>> adversaries who have access to resources. In some countries you
>> cannot buy a sim card anonymously.
> 
> Anyone in any country can get a phone number anonymously from
> https://jmp.chat/ (disclosure: I built/run JMP).
> 
> While I agree that people should use XMPP/OMEMO instead of Signal if
> possible, the network effect of Signal usage is hard to ignore.  At
> least people can use Signal anonymously if they do feel the need to
> join, per above (and after the trial one can pay in Bitcoin or Monero
> or whatever other cryptocurrency they like).
> 
> I'm happy to answer any questions about it, but also happy to stay
> silent if the topic is not appropriate for this list.
> 
> Denver https://jmp.chat/ 
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