Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
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Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency
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- Discord/WhatsApp
- Anti-Libre Software (fails to include AGPL license file: bans us from removing malicious source code) 🚩🚩🚩
- Telegram/Threema
- Libre Software ✅
- Service as a Software Substitute (app needs service and we are missing server software for it: broken app) 🚩🚩
- Signal
- Libre Software ✅
- Self-Hosting (still needs service from us) ☑️
- Centralised 🚩
Needs phone numberCentralised
Suspicious fundingWhich lines of its libre software source code are malicious?-
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Yes, app does not work without service and we are missing server software to serve this service it needs: broken app. Threema is SaaSS.
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The server / backend is not open source. Even though it's audited that's a red flag.
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'Open source' misses the point of libre software.
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- Discord/WhatsApp
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