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This is a change that's very recent, perhaps even in response to this article in particular. https://web.archive.org/web/20210311053716/https://github.co... As of earlier this month, the repository was a year out of date.

comment by RL_Quine · 2021-04-06 · in It looks like Signal isn't as open source as you thought it was anymore

…5 days ago: [0] As for not playing nice with third-party clients, I can give you that point. [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/commit/365ad3a4f8...

comment by rvz · 2021-04-06 · in It looks like Signal isn't as open source as you thought it was anymore

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Signal Repository, Pull Request #124, Corrects Docs

story by anonypla · 2021-04-02 · 0 comments

Someone opened a provocative pull request in signal's server source code yesterday about this: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/pull/124/files

comment by hpb42 · 2021-03-04 · in The Signal Server repository has not been updated since April 2020

…budget. Have a look at the PRs that are have been opened (that have or have not been merged): https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/pulls?q=is%3Apr I don't see much to complain about it. Most if not all are small non-issues that I…

comment by blueplanet200 · 2021-03-04 · in The Signal Server repository has not been updated since April 2020

…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

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Signal's Server repo hasn't been updated since April 2020

story by KoftaBob · 2021-02-27 · 7 comments

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

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Ask HN: Why do you think Signal's service fell over with this week's user surge?

story by aloukissas · 2021-01-16 · 2 comments

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