Why I won't recommend Signal anymore
The author of this post believes that by making a stand over Signal policies he doesn&#x27;t like (the superficial GCM dep, the OWS-only server policy, the contact list discovery system), something more like LibreSignal will grow to take Signal&#x27;s place.<p>The author is wrong. LibreSignal won&#x27;t replace Signal. Something like Telegram will: an &quot;open source&quot; messaging system with inferior cryptography, &quot;opt-in&quot; end-to-end messaging, a long-term dependency on the telephone system for authentication, and a far &quot;cuddlier&quot; personality with its users and, more importantly, with people from the app development community (like the author). Telegram will continue to gain adoption, because sexy beats sound in every end-user match up. Signal is the closest thing sound cryptography has to a palatable solution for end users.<p>Iran has already compromised Telegram users, because it systemically trades security off for user adoption. They&#x27;ll get more of them, and people will hang from cranes as a result.<p>It&#x27;s not wrong to criticize Signal. Signal does things I don&#x27;t love, too! But we should be clear-eyed about the market.