Also to add a very important question: will Facebook then be able to harvest all of our Signal metadata like they do for WhatsApp?
Comment on WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 9 months agoWhatsApp, Google Messenger, Facebook Messenger and Skype all implement the same Signal protocol.
The article’s title is misleading, and did not explain how it would work at all.
Like, will the protocol also add logins for different services? I remember having a messenger app a while ago (Trillian), which would merge MSN, ICQ and other chat platforms into a single experience.
I can sorta get how DMs will work. Group chats may be much harder to implement.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 9 months ago
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hopefully the opposite is true. There’e end-to-end encryption and if the client isn’t written by meta, then meta can’t intercept after decryption.
Being able to use meta’s chat platform without any of their code being executable on your device is a big improvement. They can’t scrape your contacts and data at all.
ad_on_is@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Trillian? A while ago? Maaaan, that’s almost two decades ago… Nostalgia just hit me
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
I recommend seeing talks from Matrix protocol that explain potencial and doable solutions.
ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I had all but forgotten about Trillian! Man, that was huge in my circles back in my youth. Such nostalgia reading that name again.
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Miranda IM over Trillian any day of the week!