git clone https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop.git
</pre>
-<p>Next, I patched the source to use be able to talk to other Signal
-users using</p>
+<p>Next, I patched the source to use the production servers, to be
+able to talk to other Signal users:</p>
<pre>
cat <<EOF | patch -p0
--user-data-dir=`pwd`/userdata --load-and-launch-app=`pwd`
</pre>
-<p> The script set start the app and configure Chromium to use the Tor
+<p> The script start the app and configure Chromium to use the Tor
SOCKS5 proxy to make sure those controlling the Signal servers (today
Amazon and Whisper Systems) as well as those listening on the lines
will have a harder time location my laptop based on the Signal
those I knew could tell who I was on Signal. There are options
avoiding such information leakage, but most of my friends are not
using them, so I am stuck with Signal for now.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Update 2017-01-10</strong>: There is an updated blog post
+on this topic in
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Experience_and_updated_recipe_for_using_the_Signal_app_without_a_mobile_phone.html">Experience
+and updated recipe for using the Signal app without a mobile
+phone</a>.</p>