• Melody Fwygon@lemmy.one
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    12 hours ago

    Lack of detailed audits…only in this case specifically…does not imply lack of security and/or privacy.

    The protocol that Signal uses, which is in fact firmly audited with no major problematic findings, plus the fact the client is OSS is generally enough to lower any concerns.

    The server side software in production for Signal.org is not OSS. It will not be. You are required to trust the server to use Signal; because the protocol and the client renders it factually impossible for the server to spy on your messages. The server cannot read messages; or even connect who is messaging who if the correct client settings are used. (Sealed Sender).

    Non-OS stats software in general is not automatically lacking in privacy or security, particularly not in this case where the affected software does interact only with software that is verifiably open-source and trustworthy in general due to the protocols and how they are implemented correctly in a verifiable manner.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      10 hours ago

      Non-OS stats software in general is not automatically lacking in privacy or security

      Sure is. It’s only that in this case you are sure that your messages are sufficiently protected, so you can send them over a untrusted service.