![]() The Signal protocol (formally known as Axolotl) combines cryptographically secure communication with ease of use. We do not want to diminish the incredible service OWS has done for the instant messaging world. For this reason we wish to contribute to the debate with the following article. Furthermore, we see a risk of unnecessarily increasing exposure of activists and organizations to repression. We believe this discussion took a wrong turn at one point. On the German news portal linksunten (part of indymedia, frequented by left activists) an article of the same tenor appeared. ![]() After Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in particular, many tweets recommended using hard disk encryption and the ostensibly secure messenger app Signal while discouraging the use of competitor apps Threema and Telegram. In recent months, privacy and civil rights activists have increasingly recommended the use of Signal, an instant messenger app developed by Open Whisper Systems (OWS). ![]()
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