signalapp/Signal-iOS on Hacker News

…being able to carry your contacts/message-history forward across planned device-upgrades on iOS – https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/2542 – 4.5 years after it was "on the roadmap". Many of Signal's novel cryptographic…

comment by gojomo · 2020-02-14 · in Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses

…to my girlfriend that we use Signal, and won't recommend Signal to more people after this. [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/2542 [1] https://whispersystems.discoursehosting.net/t/ios-backup-kee...

comment by lightcatcher · 2019-12-10 · in Technology Preview: Signal Private Group System

…perspective I suppose. btw It looks like the backup problem is something you should blame Apple for https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/905 . It works flawlessly on Android. As for your Siri issue, I wouldn't say it's something…

comment by Krasnol · 2019-10-25 · in Signal Technology Foundation is now open for donations

It was "on the roadmap" as of 4 years ago … https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/905 …but there's been no apparent progress. On some core usability & functionality matters, Signal appears to be a really, really, lethargic…

comment by gojomo · 2019-10-25 · in Signal Technology Foundation is now open for donations

…it looks like it's locked to prevent people from endlessly complaining in their bug tracker). https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/2542 It also sounds like they have a branch where they're working on this feature:…

comment by tivert · 2019-03-14 · in Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage

…everything to do with the Signal team not willing to make it user friendly (for this case). [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/wiki/FAQ [2]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/905

comment by newscracker · 2019-03-14 · in Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage

…was requested a long, long time ago (late 2015) and denied stating security as the reason. [2] [1]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/wiki/FAQ [2]: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/905

comment by newscracker · 2019-03-14 · in Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage

Yes it does? https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS

comment by chrisballinger · 2018-10-16 · in Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features

and, in addition, anything you run from the App Store: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/641

comment by conradev · 2018-08-30 · in Krypton: phone-based U2F Authenticator

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story by Y-bar · 2017-10-09 · 0 comments

…further commenting. Anyone interested in what's been happening on this particular issue can visit https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues , search for "backup" and look at the open and closed issues over the past few years. I…

comment by newscracker · 2017-09-27 · in Technology preview: Private contact discovery for Signal

Can you make sure any issues are filed over at github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS ?

comment by ikawe · 2017-09-27 · in Technology preview: Private contact discovery for Signal

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WhisperSystems Signal iOS no longer requires access to your contacts

story by j_s · 2017-05-23 · 0 comments

…you mind filing an issue about the echo on the corresponding tracker with your device details? iOS: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/new Android: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/new

comment by ikawe · 2017-02-15 · in Video calls for Signal now in public beta

…gather any information about the individuals or groups with whom you are communicating.” Source: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/wiki/FAQ#what-a...

comment by cpach · 2017-02-14 · in Encrypted email is still a pain

There are mechanisms to use out of band communication to verify a key: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/wiki/FAQ#can-i-... https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/207692235-How-can...

comment by maxerickson · 2017-02-13 · in Encrypted email is still a pain

…guess is because of potential friction with reproducible building (for Android) and this for iOS: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/1063 hth, adric

comment by adricnet · 2016-12-28 · in Ask HN: Why doesn't Moxie sign Signal's releases?

…been playing catchup and things really only started to get rolling in the past couple months. See: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/graphs/contribu...

comment by joecool1029 · 2016-12-09 · in Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal

…a year and people rarely complain about it I started to wonder if people actually use it heavily. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/769

comment by hagendaasz · 2016-12-08 · in Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal

…noting that GIFs are already supported in the Android version of Signal. And iOS for a while now! https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/pull/886

comment by mi100hael · 2016-12-08 · in Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal

…even a very nice feature for some, but for me it made me go back to other services. Github issue: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/967

comment by Y-bar · 2016-11-08 · in A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging Protocol

…App Store encryption[2]. Android is definitely closer[3]. [1] https://reproducible-builds.org [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/641 [3] https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Deterministic,_Reproducible_Bu...

comment by conradev · 2016-10-15 · in How the Textsecure Protocol Works

It's on the roadmap https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/937 The iOS version didn't have a dev for a while after Frederic Jacobs went to Apple, but Michael Kirk recently took over so things are happening again.

comment by uph · 2016-10-11 · in Disappearing messages for Signal

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Signal issue: “Request for contacts uses creepy wording”

story by fulldecent · 2016-09-27 · 10 comments

…to modify the code and create a branch. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11288169 [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/search?utf8=&q=...

comment by smartbit · 2016-04-01 · in Reproducible Signal builds for Android

…Commit that removes bloom filters (unreleased, will be in version 2.4): https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/commit/26f9207c...

comment by praseodym · 2016-03-22 · in Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage

…a fix has not been released yet [1] (and a new release doesn't seem planned for anytime soon). [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/866

comment by praseodym · 2016-03-21 · in Attack of the Week: Apple iMessage

…iOS desperately needs a new maintainer to replace Fred. Here is the tracking issue for data usage. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/866

comment by zmanian · 2016-03-15 · in The Difficulty of Private Contact Discovery

You're welcome to inform yourself on the subject before posting crude FUD: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/BUI...

comment by r0muald · 2016-02-26 · in Apple hires one of the developers behind Signal

…signal[1], change the icon, and im sure the average ISIS soilder wouldnt know the difference [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS

comment by misiti3780 · 2016-01-16 · in ISIS Has a Smartphone App

…would allow you to retain a copyleft license and continue to distribute your app on the app store: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/CON...

comment by mikeokner · 2015-09-25 · in Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ads through

…Maybe start somewhere random in the guts [1][2][3] and check for things like "ereh 2# roodkcab"? 1: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/Sig... 2: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/Sig... 3:…

comment by Strilanc · 2015-07-10 · in The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts

…rstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/02/signal-iphones... [1] https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal/ [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS

comment by dewey · 2015-04-22 · in Update on Heml.is

They addressed it in this github issue: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/614 I'm also disappointed in this. The people I most want to use this with are also the people who have an iphone4. I don't get the impression it'd…

comment by stormbrew · 2015-03-02 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

…first use, similar to SSH. The app also provides an interface you can use to verify fingerprints: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/wiki/FAQ#can-i-...

comment by jlund · 2015-03-02 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

…on the iPhone! Edit: Apparently it's an iOS issue. Filed rdar://20008371. Plz 2 fix it Apple! [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues/244

comment by itistoday2 · 2015-03-02 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

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story by breadtk · 2015-02-25 · 0 comments

Text messaging for Signal is not "stalled", just still in development. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/commits/textSec...

comment by TillE · 2014-11-18 · in Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption

…https://whispersystems.org/blog/winter-of-code/ [4] https://github.com/whispersystems/textsecure [5] https://github.com/whispersystems/signal-ios [6] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Browser/ [7]…

comment by charlieok · 2014-11-18 · in Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption

…- Private Messenger" app. Although, when is the question. https://itunes.apple.com/app/id874139669 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS

comment by laex · 2014-11-07 · in How secure is TextSecure?

Hey. Could you please file a bug report at https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/issues ? We'll try to work with you to fix the the issue. Thanks!

comment by clojsure · 2014-07-30 · in Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

…for the phone number: isCntactRegisteredWithWhisper calls isPhoneNumberRegisteredWithWhisper: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/19ff47e278... The implementation is simply checking a bloom filter:…

comment by acdha · 2014-07-29 · in Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone