Signal without smartphone
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Signal without smartphone
A Desktop application to register an account with Signal and link it with Signal Desktop, all without requiring a smartphone.
Signal lost me at "Enter your phone number".
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So, it seems that Signal Desktop doesn't do backups. As its the primary intended linked device in my use cases, I don't think I should add support for it so far.
More details here: https://github.com/almet/signal-without-smartphone/issues/3#issuecomment-4574799677
Thanks for asking!
@almet Backups locally, for privacy - especially facing the AI surge and inevitable hacking increase, following.
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Signal without smartphone
A Desktop application to register an account with Signal and link it with Signal Desktop, all without requiring a smartphone.
@almet omg thank you!
Also cool for @postmarketOS@treehouse.systems @postmarketos@lemmy.ml @postmarketos@lemmy.world and @ubports -
Signal without smartphone
A Desktop application to register an account with Signal and link it with Signal Desktop, all without requiring a smartphone.
@almet
I guess let's wait until Signal dev complains that this unofficial app uses their servers, same as LibreSignal -
Signal without smartphone
A Desktop application to register an account with Signal and link it with Signal Desktop, all without requiring a smartphone.
@almet still requires a phone number, the single most insecure fucking thing that refuses to die and nobody fights hard enough against.
Edit: I would rather use DeltaChat|ArcaneChat or other stuff made by myself or some random guy than anything that requires a phone number
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