X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/d3bb88035ebedada66f0490f086a031d2b7b2645..cec140bdf2d777199acb4d7c14066d510ce3ff93:/blog/data/2016-07-03-signal-landline.txt diff --git a/blog/data/2016-07-03-signal-landline.txt b/blog/data/2016-07-03-signal-landline.txt index 18ff16ccd0..1734f83457 100644 --- a/blog/data/2016-07-03-signal-landline.txt +++ b/blog/data/2016-07-03-signal-landline.txt @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ the recipe how I did it.

git clone https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop.git -

Next, I patched the source to use be able to talk to other Signal -users using

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Next, I patched the source to use the production servers, to be +able to talk to other Signal users:

 cat <<EOF | patch -p0
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ exec chromium \
   --user-data-dir=`pwd`/userdata --load-and-launch-app=`pwd`
-

The script set start the app and configure Chromium to use the Tor +

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 @@ -101,3 +101,9 @@ to associate it to my home and person. I would prefer it if only 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.

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Update 2017-01-10: There is an updated blog post +on this topic in +Experience +and updated recipe for using the Signal app without a mobile +phone.