signalapp/Signal-Android on Hacker News

…private groups[4]. It's not perfect, but the data a malicious server could collect is limited. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr... [2] https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/ [3]…

comment by mfwoods · 2021-03-04 · in The Signal Server repository has not been updated since April 2020

…to decompile. They are very likely to get caught if they publish an update with a backdoor. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr...

comment by mfwoods · 2021-03-04 · in The Signal Server repository has not been updated since April 2020

…days ago - after months of people (politely) asking for it to be acknowledged as a serious concern. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/0a29ffcf4...

comment by edent · 2021-02-09 · in A Statement on Recent Events Between Signal and the Anti-Censorship Community

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SMS Messages not imported after enabling from Signal app

story by SquishyPanda23 · 2021-02-08 · 1 comment

…instructions for pulling the APK from your phone which was installed through the Play Store. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr...

comment by tprynn · 2021-02-05 · in Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

…dev here. We have reproducible build steps, so you actually can verify the code is the same :) https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr...

comment by greysonp · 2021-02-05 · in Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

…to present itself as an option to handle signal.tube links, so DNS resolution isn't necessary: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/app/...

comment by GranPC · 2021-02-05 · in Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

Yes, they have some docs on GitHub for how to do it: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/How-to-buil... You can build the iOS version too for development: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/blob/master/BUILDING... I…

comment by mariojv · 2021-02-05 · in Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

…it was a client-side patch to handle 508 errors properly as well as doing exponential backoff. [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/c95f0fce6...

comment by cyphar · 2021-01-27 · in WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update

…run matches the source [1] Is there a detail relating to the server that would invalidate this? [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr...

comment by monokh · 2021-01-17 · in We can do better than Signal

…retried. List of handled HTTP exceptions (413, 401, 403, 409, 410, 411, 423, 499 and 508) is here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/2c1c6fab356... I personally would not repeat requests automatically by default on any HTTP…

comment by Daniel_sk · 2021-01-17 · in Signal Is Back

…app and millions of apps started retrying the connection at once. Judging from recent commits in https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commits/master " Surely a timely reminder for all of us: - Avoid infinite retry loops - Build…

comment by jez · 2021-01-17 · in Signal Is Up and Running

Signal started to handle 404 7 months ago and the 508 code 13 hours ago. ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blame/master/lib... strg+f 508)

comment by ju-st · 2021-01-16 · in Signal apps DDoS'ed their own server

…can guard features that are not yet ready to be activated." Here is the file with javadoc on top: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/2c1c6fab356...

comment by Daniel_sk · 2021-01-16 · in Signal apps DDoS'ed their own server

Commits from yesterday: Feature flag for maximum retry backoff time: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/93e9dd642... Add jitter to backoff time: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/8f7fe5c3e... Handle…

comment by Daniel_sk · 2021-01-16 · in Signal apps DDoS'ed their own server

…the change, but they were aware of the privacy concerns among users for much, much longer. [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1085

comment by Mediterraneo10 · 2021-01-15 · in Signal is having technical difficulties

Signal has reproducible builds for at least Android: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/master/repr... You compare the result you get compiling the app yourself with what you downloaded from the Play Store. For iOS this might…

comment by floreen · 2021-01-13 · in Ask HN: How do we know Signal or Telegram don't store our data on their servers?

…ps://core.telegram.org/reproducible-builds [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/641 [2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/fab24bcd1e5...

comment by dante_dev · 2021-01-13 · in Ask HN: How do we know Signal or Telegram don't store our data on their servers?

Signal has reproducible build for Android : https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/repr... I didn't try, but I don't see how it could be more straightforward than just launching a docker container

comment by antpls · 2021-01-12 · in Molly for Android: A fork of Signal for Android with passphrase lock

…process. I'm fairly certain the Linux codebase is managed similarly. Edit: adding links I forgot https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/pull/10219 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/dda51bf36...

comment by lsaferite · 2021-01-12 · in Molly for Android: A fork of Signal for Android with passphrase lock

…This is what's happening with Signal's PRs. Here is an example: PR: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/pull/10266/commi... Commit in PR: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/pull/10266/commi... Rebased and push

comment by Benjamin_Dobell · 2021-01-12 · in Molly for Android: A fork of Signal for Android with passphrase lock

…in doing this since it would mean embedding secret Whatsapp encryption keys in Signal. See: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686179

comment by shawnz · 2021-01-12 · in Signal Fork with WhatsApp Migration

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A Private Messenger for Android

story by jbesomi · 2021-01-12 · 0 comments

…as well, for the Android app: https://threema.ch/en/open-source/reproducible-builds Signal too: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/repr... Regarding the iOS app store, Telegram writes: > As things stand now, you'll…

comment by dbrgn · 2021-01-11 · in Automated Symbolic Verification of Telegram's MTProto 2.0

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Signal messaging insecure certificate on production, how is this explained?

story by biggunz · 2021-01-10 · 0 comments

…by an automated cleanup bot. Every other SMS app can send SMS to short codes, Signal cannot. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/5866

comment by neop1x · 2021-01-09 · in Signal WhatsApp Chats Import

For anyone curious, some googling found me this: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014#issu... > This feature is unavailable in Germany due to patent concerns: > https://www.teltarif.de/whatsapp-chat-exportieren-iphone/new…

comment by Merman_Mike · 2021-01-08 · in Signal WhatsApp Chats Import

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Signal WhatsApp Chats Import

story by janisz · 2021-01-08 · 271 comments

…it, but if you are savvy enough to use un-googled android, you will be likely able to find it. 0. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issu...

comment by spiznnx · 2021-01-07 · in WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

…collisions aren’t something that state actors could trivially create [5]. I don’t trust Signal. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/F-Droid [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri... [3]…

comment by mechnesium · 2020-12-23 · in No, Cellebrite Cannot “Break Signal Encryption”

That's totally false. Here's the client you can download, compile, and side-load yourself: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android And here's the server implementation you can also run yourself: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Serve…

comment by spicybright · 2020-12-23 · in Telegram Voice Chats

…they would consider implementing Delete Messages When Requested on a per-conversation basis. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1764 (2014)

comment by jooize · 2020-11-30 · in What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?

…this research shows this issue in a new light, and I'd be happy to see a better resolution. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/6750 [2] https://community.signalusers.org/t/why-are-users-who-have-m... Additionally for…

comment by sails · 2020-09-16 · in Large-scale Abuse of Contact Discovery in Mobile Messengers [pdf]

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Unable to use Signal, which is hijacked by “Introducing PINs” view

story by dmm · 2020-07-07 · 3 comments

It's already there, but there are only a few websites supported: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/0ef01cc620c... If you opened a PR with the websites you're missing, I'm sure they'd be open to it. I see sibling comments…

comment by hiq · 2020-06-05 · in Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption

The build is reproducible: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/Repr...

comment by sigmar · 2020-06-05 · in Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption

…It's a known bug. You can't really turn off that drain either in favor of getting messages later. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/6898 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9194 Other apps like Threema or…

comment by est31 · 2020-06-05 · in Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption

…This was to ensure that the effectiveness of the blur isn't reduced on higher-resolution images. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/app/...

comment by greysonp · 2020-06-04 · in Blur Tools for Signal

I've been digging through the latest related commit in the repo: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commits/master They appear to use "com.google.firebase:firebase-ml-vision-face-model:20.0.1" to detect the faces. The actual blur…

comment by simias · 2020-06-04 · in Blur Tools for Signal

…me seriously consider dumping Signal. I just don't know if there are any sane alternatives. [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9632 [2]: https://homefort.app/

comment by ludocode · 2020-05-19 · in Signal PINs

…it was "too weird". However, signal has some showstopper bugs which make it really hard to use. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/6079 I haven't faced this bug with any other messenger app ever, and it is really really…

comment by enitihas · 2020-05-15 · in Signal preserves privacy on GIPHY (2017)

…requests [1] and has at least thought about the privacy implications of GIPHY support [2]. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9628 [2] https://signal.org/blog/signal-and-giphy-update/

comment by schwag09 · 2020-05-15 · in Facebook to Buy Giphy for $400M

…in continuing to use it. https://signal.org/blog/signal-and-giphy-update/ Quote from a Signal dev https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9628#issu...

comment by bertman · 2020-05-15 · in Facebook to Buy Giphy for $400M

…and after losing several key messages stopped using it. So, IMO the barrier is, "actually working" https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/5253 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/search?q=missing...

comment by NikolaeVarius · 2020-04-16 · in Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email

…tops to create a version without those restrictions and throw an APK onto a static website. [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android

comment by bastawhiz · 2020-04-09 · in Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes

…IIRC the server code is proprietary, but the clients are open. That's a decent starting point. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android

comment by thanksforfish · 2020-04-09 · in Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes

The Signal client has reproducible builds: * https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/Repr... ... and available source code. The Whatsapp client does not. Weirdly enough though, Signal does not allow distribution of the…

comment by upofadown · 2020-02-23 · in EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app

…use an unofficial binary build" was meant to refer to building for yourself, by yourself. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/master/Repr... [2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/blob/master/BUILDING...

comment by gnomewascool · 2020-02-20 · in Stop Using Encrypted Email

…Here's one - https://gist.github.com/aqnouch/9a371af0614f4fe706a951c2b976... . Some context: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/282#issue... https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127#issue...…

comment by balladeer · 2020-02-20 · in Stop Using Encrypted Email

…for quite some time in that it doesn't handle Signal to non-Signal group messages gracefully: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/8571 The bug is my only real complaint with Signal's group messaging system. EDIT: I should…

comment by y-c-o-m-b · 2020-02-18 · in Privacy-focused messenger Signal is ready to go mainstream and take on WhatsApp