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blackfire

@aral there is an alternative which works. axolotl

27 Jun 2022 at 10:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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Aral Balkan

@blackfire Unfortunately (again because of Signal), it doesn’t interoperate.

Sadly, Signal is about as closed as open gets.

27 Jun 2022 at 10:54 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
blackfire

@aral how do you mean it doesn't interoperate? as in you can't see something? i thought it showed up in your linked devices?

27 Jun 2022 at 11:48 | Open on fosstodon.org
Aral Balkan

@blackfire Basically, if you sign up for Axolotl using the same number, it breaks your Signal account.

github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/issu

27 Jun 2022 at 11:54 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
blackfire

@aral o...... i did not know about that. thanks for catching me before i screwed up.

27 Jun 2022 at 12:27 | Open on fosstodon.org
Aral Balkan

@blackfire Hmm, actually, having re-read it, I’m not so sure. It may be that what it breaks is the ability to use Signal’s own clients. It might be that if you use Axolotl everywhere (mobile + desktop), it’s fine. They call it a *client* so I’m assuming it works with Signal’s own servers. What worries me is that Signal has been hostile to anyone else making anything for Signal, period. So even if this is the case, they might break it on purpose. (And maybe they did? github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/issu)

@blackfire Hmm, actually, having re-read it, I’m not so sure. It may be that what it breaks is the ability to use Signal’s own clients. It might be that if you use Axolotl everywhere (mobile + desktop), it’s fine. They call it a *client* so I’m assuming it works with Signal’s own servers. What worries me is that Signal has been hostile to anyone else making anything for Signal, period. So even if this is the case, they might break it on purpose. (And maybe they did? github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/issu

27 Jun 2022 at 14:07 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
Aral Balkan

@blackfire Update: axolotl apparently doesn't work on Postmarket OS according to this: wiki.postmarketos.org/index.ph

27 Jun 2022 at 19:42 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
Mathijs

@aral @blackfire I host a matrix server with a signal bridge, which works quite well.

Of course that bridge has access to the plaintext of signal, but since that runs on my own server in my home I don't mind.

27 Jun 2022 at 19:54 | Open on mastodon.technology
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