Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses
I cannot fathom the proliferation of phone-only messaging apps.<p>Am I really the only person who prefers to type on a full-sized keyboard, and see my multiple conversations on 27&quot; screen, as opposed to one and a half inches of no-feedback glass surface? :-&#x2F;<p>I went to Signal site, downloaded the Windows app, and once installed, it asks me to link my phone. No option for any other signup. NOwhere in the download process or on main site does it warn me that this is a phone-only app. The desktop app itself simply starts to a &quot;Connect your phone&quot; screen with no explanation why I have to do it, whether there are or aren&#x27;t alternatives, etc. Nothing about this is remotely user friendly.<p>I have half a dozen laptops, two phones, few tables at home alone; the notion that I must be crippled to only communicate via the smallest, least practical communication device I own; and then be horribly crippled in attaching one-at-a-time additional device but with crippling dependency on said phone... I guess I&#x27;m a negative focus group and completely out of touch with the realities of the world, but I cannot imagine or understand who wants to live like that :-&#x2F;