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I really, really don't understand the obsession with the server source code. The client verifiably performs E2E encryption so who cares what the server does. Mo

I really, really don't understand the obsession with the server source code. The client verifiably performs E2E encryption so who cares what the server does. Moreover, there is basically no way for external parties to verify what code is running on the servers. In the era of practically every free service selling out their users to the lowest bidder, it literally blows my mind the amount of hate Signal gets because of an old complaint about their server source (repo looks quite lively now). The tech community is seriously guilty of letting perfect be the enemy of good. For the record, I'm not a huge fan of the crypto wallet thing at all but I just don't use it.

veave 3y ago
>I really, really don't understand the obsession with the server source code. You just used "closed server source code" as an argument against telegram? I also agree that it doesn't matter at all. But then why trashtalk telegram?
- nani8ot 3y ago
  Telegram does not have solid E2E enabled by default, so it's more important what the server does.
ignoramous 3y ago
> For the record, I'm not a huge fan of the crypto wallet thing at all but I just don't use it. Why not, if it solves payments between Signal users (believe the Signal-MobileCoin integration, disregarding Moxie's involvement in both for a second, is a direct response to the now-defunct Libra/Deim)? Personally, I see MobileCoin / wallets as a genuine path to monetization for the Signal Foundation. Though, it remains to be seen if it is any successful.