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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)
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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair, signal is an open source protocol that anyone is free to implement.

"The Signal Protocol (formerly known as the TextSecure Protocol) is a non-federated cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption for voice and instant messaging conversations[...]"

Signal is an encryption protocol, not messaging protocol. My comment was about a messaging one like XMPP or Matrix.