signalapp/Signal-Server on Hacker News

…link to the Signal server's public repo, which shows the last date on which the repo was updated: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by cs702 · 2021-03-04 · in The Signal Server repository has not been updated since April 2020

Signal is Java-based https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by 4ipp · 2021-02-26 · in Ask HN: What language should I learn if I want to build distributed apps?

Open Source but not actively accepting contributions is not a great place to be. Especially when you can't federate, so you are stuck using the central server which basically doesn't accept code contributions. Take a look at…

comment by t3chguy · 2021-02-26 · in WhatsApp and most alternatives share the same problem

…your fork work with this same network? Or would it be it’s own 1-server network all alone? [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by olah_1 · 2021-02-09 · in A Statement on Recent Events Between Signal and the Anti-Censorship Community

Server is open source too. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by vorticalbox · 2021-01-31 · in Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal

…and easily replaced in the event it goes down. EDIT: I stand corrected. Server code is here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Unfortunately, you cannot change the server address in the app as downloaded from any app store, so my…

comment by Thorentis · 2021-01-31 · in Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal

The source to their server seems open source licensed and available: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Wikipedia also says their server is open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)

comment by cramey · 2021-01-22 · in Ask HN: What companies are you excited about?

…"transparent". If you can trust signal then you can trust telegram or whatsapp Take a look for here https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Plenty of threads about people asking about updates or not being able to run it…

comment by bilal4hmed · 2021-01-22 · in The Secure Messaging App Conundrum: Signal vs. Telegram [pdf]

…use it. That said, I (like others) am a bit concerned about the lack of updates to Signal-Server ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/commits/master ). Commits seemed to suddenly stop April last year, and I'd be very surprised if…

comment by JosephRedfern · 2021-01-19 · in Creating a Signal account

Huh? I googled "signal server" and got https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

the last PR was 9 hours ago https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/pulls while the main page says update was 8. Thats what threw me off

comment by bilal4hmed · 2021-01-17 · in We can do better than Signal

On the public repo, there have been no changes since April 2020 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server If you go here https://github.com/signalapp you can see there were changes 8 hours ago. So yes no public changes have been pushed,…

comment by bilal4hmed · 2021-01-17 · in We can do better than Signal

What's untrue about that? There haven't been any commits to Signal-Server for almost a year. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

…should have been fixed in Signal Server before April? Probably not, but this doesn't look very good https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/graphs/code-frequ...

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

…Signal (or who works on it) comment on why the server code was last updated in April (7 months ago https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server )? Has _all_ development been client side?

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

…[0] hasn’t even been updated since April 2020. You’re telling me it’s undergone no changes? [0]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by tailspin2019 · 2021-01-17 · in We can do better than Signal

…on the technical side (code)? Edit: Their server's repo hasn't been updated since April 2020. Why? https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

…to prepare - and it would still have some hard limits on a number of messages it can handle. [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

The server is open source https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Java/DropWizard app

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

…and found references to Protobuf, GCM and Redis It's open source so you can check the code here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

Java. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

…in the world: 1. Open source ALL of the server code. They have something called Signal-Server ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server ) on their Github, but it's unclear if this is the server they use, or simply a server one could…

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

…yet changes have been made on production since then. [1] This is a really dishonest argument. [1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by 0xy · 2021-01-12 · in Telegram surpassed 500M active users. 25 mil new users in the last 3days

Thats wrong, the backend is FLOSS and available here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server What is potentially problematic is not the usage of the same backend but of the same actual servers .

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

I think you can spin up your own server: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by kenniskrag · 2021-01-10 · in Microsoft Refuses to Open Source VSCode Python Language Server

…yes, but you'll be limited to people connecting to your own Signal server from what I've read. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by zaggynl · 2021-01-07 · in Donate to Signal

Yes it is: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Telegram's backend is closed-source.

comment by utf_8x · 2021-01-06 · in WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by phepranto · 2021-01-06 · in WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

…And here's the server implementation you can also run yourself: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server Telegram has also been exploited multiple times, while signal has held up against a US federal subpoena. https://ww

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

Where does Signal prevent you from using your own server? Spin up your own and use it if you'd like. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by junon · 2020-10-23 · in Egypt Blocks Access to Telegram

" None of the two offer you their server's code. " Signal server source code: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server "The vast majority of Telegram's usage is not end-to-end encrypted at all." This. This is the backdoor right here. It…

comment by maqp · 2020-08-22 · in Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests

That’s hilariously wrong, the server source code is at https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server . How can you make such a claim in good faith when it’s so absolutely trivial to refute?

comment by lorenzhs · 2020-05-22 · in Abusing WebRTC to reveal coarse location data in Signal

It's been out for at least 4 years. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by throwaway8941 · 2020-05-20 · in Signal PINs

…the server still tracks the phone number of accounts and thus the recipients though - looking at https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/2b987e6e9301... ) Unsure how this relates to contact lists though (other than that secret…

comment by Arathorn · 2020-05-09 · in Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default

The server is also open source https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by Forbo · 2020-02-24 · in EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app

…[0]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop [2]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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

…but ever since the feature was added to Signal proper it has been free software. [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server [2]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android [3]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS [4]:…

comment by cyphar · 2020-02-15 · in Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses

Yes! https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by bqe · 2020-01-23 · in 82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones

…never did and has real multi-device support. > and the Signal server is closed source It's not: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by mfwoods · 2019-01-06 · in Why Telegram is insecure (2015)

…uses string keys that are constructed using the source and destination phone numbers . https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/e26e383bd7a6... Frankly, the fact that people like you believe so strongly that Signal doesn't do this…

comment by saurik · 2018-10-17 · in Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features

…problem that you don't need to make up issues that will just discredit legitimate complaints. [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by cyphar · 2018-09-11 · in Australia's anti-encryption law will merely relocate the backdoors: Expert

> An open-source server is certainly a step up from Signal https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server . You are spreading a lot of incorrect or misleading information about Signal in this thread. That makes it difficult to assume that…

comment by lorenzhs · 2018-08-09 · in I don't trust Signal

…that has FOSS'ed both the server and the clients. Signal's server code is open source as well: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server And apparently the client can verify that the server is running that code:…

comment by Vinnl · 2018-08-09 · in I don't trust Signal

…own server but it would not connect to the rest of the network (so it's useless). Source code here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by Promarged · 2018-04-27 · in Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App

…the server to remain on French soil could they not spin up an instance of their own Signal server? https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

comment by barbs · 2018-04-17 · in France’s government is building its own encrypted messenger service

Open Source, relies only on Twilio, AWS, GMC, and Apple Push. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/master/confi...

comment by pmlnr · 2018-04-09 · in Reverse Engineering WhatsApp Web

Maybe it’s beside the point, but to be clear, Signal Server source is available here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server

comment by ikawe · 2018-01-11 · in Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype

There's a typo in the link to the Signal-Service (server) source code repository, the actual link is: https://github.com/whispersystems/Signal-Server

comment by scienhack · 2017-09-26 · in Technology preview: Private contact discovery for Signal

…exchanged some stuff into WebRTC. Could anybody clarify what part of it is still nonfree? [1] https://github.com/whispersystems/Signal-Server/

comment by ethics_gradient · 2017-04-19 · in Whistleblower uncovers London police hacking of journalists and protestors