☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agoIs there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wirewire.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkIs there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wirewire.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
It’s based on Signal protocol and it’s also open source. However, unlike Signal it doesn’t harvest phone numbers. https://github.com/wireapp
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoGiven that Wire uses Signal protocol, are you suggesting that e2e encryption in Signal is not secure?
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·22 days agoNo, what I’m saying is that if Wire still sends the passwords for the encryption in plaintext to their servers, thats bad. Signal doesn’t do that afaik.
Given that Wire uses Signal protocol, are you suggesting that e2e encryption in Signal is not secure?
No, what I’m saying is that if Wire still sends the passwords for the encryption in plaintext to their servers, thats bad. Signal doesn’t do that afaik.