I was recently trying to run Signal, the encrypted messaging system. At
signal.org, they do offer a download of what's called "Signal Desktop", but in
the fine print they say it won't work unless you also install the app on "your
phone". In my case, I don't have an evilphone, so I gather I can
Signal requires a mobile number for the initial account generation.
Once you have that, there is a Linux client that can be attached to the
account.
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I did download what I think is the Linux client you refer to -- on signal.org,
they call it Signal Desktop. But when I run that client, it simply shows a QR
code and tells me to scan it with my phone (I don't have a phone that accepts
QR codes). There seems to be no way on this Signal Desktop
On 7/27/24 11:05, Randall Rose wrote:
I do have a mobile number which is for a flip phone, not an app phone -- is
there some way that number can be used to set up Signal on Ubuntu?
I don't think so. For a moment I thought you might put your SIM in
someone friend's phone long enough to set up
Kent Borg wrote:
> I think the Signal people are sympathetic to your plight, but I think
> they don't want a low friction flood of bot-like accounts.
But if they were willing to offer a full-featured desktop client (or even a
semifunctional one) that only required a mobile number to work, and d
