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soziawa
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Adding Encrypted Group Calls to Signal
Additionally they have regular audits [1]. Open source only without any actual thorough reviews doesn't cut it in my opinion.
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https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/audit-2020-en
viccuad
on Dec 15, 2020
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Open source is a precondition. They can promise you the world, but if you can't build it yourself and get reproducible builds, who knows what's in there.
robert_foss
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Yeah, agree. We've had enough fun recently with the likes of the CIA backed Crypto-AG.
soziawa
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Sure, but a precondition itself doesn't guarantee anything. You still need to pony up the money for actual aufits.
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[1]: https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/audit-2020-en