signalapp/Signal-Server
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Server supporting the Signal Private Messenger applications on Android, Desktop, and iOS
127 mentions on Hacker News by 109 people: 9 stories, 118 comments · first 2014-05-06 · latest 2026-10-31
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…but could this be related? [edit- looks like they do have a pretty heavy reliance on S3, per https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server/blob/master/... and various other sources.]
comment by jpwgarrison · 2017-02-28 · in Ask HN: Is S3 down? -
Yes it is: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server It's sure become fashionable to hate on Signal/OWS. The price of actually successfully bringing good encryption mainstream? Edit: The comment I replied to originally included a…
comment by Certhas · 2017-02-20 · in Signal can now be used without Google Play Services -
Well, there's this: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server
comment by Vinnl · 2017-02-15 · in Video calls for Signal now in public beta -
…to change the app name and run your own servers. The server source code appears to be available at https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server , but I've heard it doesn't include the voice component. So, for example, if you think that…
comment by ekidd · 2016-12-08 · in Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal -
…components of their solutions, and try to remove the reliance on servers as much as possible. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Server
comment by whyever · 2016-12-08 · in Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal -
https://www.whispersystems.org/bigbrother/ https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by uph · 2016-10-12 · in Disappearing messages for Signal -
…if you know why the crypto is half-baked. Has it been broken? edit: found Signal server, I think: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server Nice it's out there. This will help Signal live a long time.
comment by eggie · 2016-09-22 · in WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Facebook data sharing deal -
You can totally run your own server for yourself and your friends: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server (you'll have to change the server's URL in the client's source as well and compile it yourself, but that's really easy)…
comment by lorenzhs · 2016-07-08 · in Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption using Signal Protocol -
…or otherwise. > 'Open' Whisper aren't open sourcing their server. The voice side is locked up. https://github.com/whispersystems/textsecure-server https://github.com/whispersystems/pushserver https://github.com/whispersystems/websocket-reso…
comment by moxie · 2016-06-14 · in License update -
…This seems a bit strange, given the TextSecure server itself exposes a basic federation API: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server/tree/mas... 4. My actual retort wasn't to tell Moxie that he's dumb - he's obviously an…
comment by Arathorn · 2016-05-10 · in Reflections: The ecosystem is moving -
…a company that loathes privacy. 2) Signal is free software, including the messaging server ( https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server ). This makes it less sensitive to take-downs (anyone could set up an alternate server), and…
comment by banach · 2016-05-03 · in WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge -
I believe so: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by subliminalpanda · 2016-04-08 · in WhatsApp Rolls Out End-To-End Encryption to Its Over 1B Users -
…the client (GPLv3) and server (AGPLv3) repositories: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by haffenloher · 2015-11-03 · in Signal for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure in one app -
…then? Because the client and server are both OSS? https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by lsaferite · 2015-11-03 · in Signal for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure in one app -
…protocol used by TextSecure[1] which is based on Google's protobuf[2] and JSON in a REST api. [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server/wiki/API... [2] https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
comment by slasaus · 2015-08-11 · in XMPP Myths -
…you could even run your own TextSecure server if you were so inclined because it's free software: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by justcommenting · 2014-11-02 · in How secure is TextSecure? -
I think they do https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by bgaluszka · 2014-05-06 · in TextSecure's Private Group Messaging -
…itself is open source [2]. [1] http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/articles/1... [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
comment by jlund · 2014-05-06 · in TextSecure's Private Group Messaging