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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot (rys.io)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't trust an app that tells me to download from Google Play. Sorry, not going to happen. Signal has too many red flags.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don't trust an app that tells me to download from Google Play.

    So almost any Android app in existence?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    No, but an app like Signal claiming to care about privacy should at least make an effort to be on the largest open source appstore. The fact they don't, despite very loud complaints from the community, makes me question their commitment to privacy and security.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Again, I just explained to you that the "largest open source app store" is an insecure mess and isn't suited for apps like Signal. You don't need to use Google Play, you can find the APK on GitHub, or the Signal website, together with the certificate fingerprint.

    makes me question their commitment to privacy and security.

    That doesn't make sense. F-Droid neither secure nor trustworthy. Signal not being on F-Droid is a good security choice. I recommend reading through this thread.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Signal devs accuse f-droid for not being secure, but do not offer any convincing arguments to back it up. Just saying it doesn't make it so.

    F-Droid works. I have 20+ apps installed on my phone from F-Droid. I am not going to go back to installing apks from website or Google Play just so that I can use Signal.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I linked you to a whole page of evidence, explaining the significant security issues in F-Droid before.

    Here's that link again: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/

    Just read it

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