Re: [linux] Secure messaging?

2024-12-09 Thread Spencer Cheng via linux
> On Dec 9, 2024, at 19:30, Dianne Skoll via linux > wrote: > > Hmm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber#Security_audit > > "In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption > protocol, saying that it is a custom implementation..." > > This gives me pause. > Agreed. Custom

Re: [linux] Secure messaging?

2024-12-09 Thread Richard Guy Briggs via linux
On 2024-12-09 19:30, Dianne Skoll via linux wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:10:57 -0500 > Alan McKay via linux wrote: > > > Viber is a popular one, is not tied to your phone number, and is not > > as easy to lose your account. > > Hmm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber#Security_audit > > "I

Re: [linux] Secure messaging?

2024-12-09 Thread Dianne Skoll via linux
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:10:57 -0500 Alan McKay via linux wrote: > Viber is a popular one, is not tied to your phone number, and is not > as easy to lose your account. Hmm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber#Security_audit "In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption protocol,

Re: [linux] Secure messaging?

2024-12-09 Thread Alan McKay via linux
I didn't like Signal because it is tied to your phone number and it is too easy to lose your account. Viber is a popular one, is not tied to your phone number, and is not as easy to lose your account. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blan