Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
Over the past days, two popular chat services have accused each other of having undisclosed government ties. According to Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Telegram is not only “notoriously insecure” but also “routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” Telegram founder Pavel Durov,...
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- Discord/WhatsApp
- Anti-Libre Software (fails to include AGPL license file: bans us from removing malicious source code) 🚩🚩🚩
- Telegram/Threema
- Libre Software ✅
- Service as a Software Substitute (app needs service and we are missing server software for it: broken app) 🚩🚩
- Signal
- Libre Software ✅
- Self-Hosting (still needs service from us) ☑️
- Centralised 🚩
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Suspicious fundingWhich lines of its libre software source code are malicious?21 2 ReplyWould like to know how Threema is "broken app"
1 0 ReplyYes, app does not work without service and we are missing server software to serve this service it needs: broken app. Threema is SaaSS.
6 2 ReplyThe server / backend is not open source. Even though it's audited that's a red flag.
1 0 Reply'Open source' misses the point of libre software.
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- Discord/WhatsApp