#Signal seems to be down, so this is a good moment to consider if you have backup comms channels with people you care about.
A Signal Contingency Plan, if you will:
https://signal-contingency-plan.info/
I agree with the recommendation there and am working on making @delta that kind of backup channel for me and mine.
@davep I'm sure it's going to come back up sooner rather than later. But it's a good reminder how much we rely on it, and to have a backup plan.
GNU Jami servers have never gone down on me. how could they? it doesn't need any servers!
CC: @davep@infosec.exchange
of course you can. they just won't get it before they come online. which is kind of duh! for instant messaging, isn't it?
now, if you're concerned about the two of us never being online at the same time, install Jami on your home server, or on a VPS, link your account there, and it will get a copy of your messages whenever you send or receive them, and it will transfer them to your peers or to your own device whenever they come online.
now, if that's not good enough for you, I guess you really prefer to share your conversations with third parties for them to do this for you. me, I prefer my autonomy.
CC: @davep@infosec.exchange @rysiek@mstdn.social
@lxo @feld @rysiek Are you implying Signal shares your information with third parties? Or that they even can?
I understand your desire for autonomy, which is cool. That doesn't mean you have to throw shade where it's not needed. The issue here yesterday for Signal was resilience, not access to your data.
If you're worried about Delta Chat being e-mail based and using OpenPGP, you should probably read this:
https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/03/deltachat-is-actually-good-though/
