Post #3060378
2026-04-16 10:36 UTC
@element@mastodon.matrix.org @POLITICOEurope@flipboard.com But that's not what you're suggesting the european union should use, is it? Your professional server suite is, as far as i am aware, not open source.
Which is fine, in theory, but it does seem a little odd when you are campaigning against signal at the same time, who are fully open source.
At the end of the day, i think that arguing against Signal is not going to help your position. I am entirely on board if you say Whatapp or Telegram, or any of those.
But Signal is not a project that is opposed to very high levels of security and i am not the only person who finds it in bad taste that you keep mentioning them in the same sentence with Whatsapp, no matter how you put it.
They're not the same. Not even remotely.
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@element@mastodon.matrix.org 2026-04-16 11:36
@catraxx@tech.lgbt @POLITICOEurope@flipboard.com Yes, big diff between Signal, WhatsApp and T/gram. We're not 'arguing against Signal.' We're saying that govts shouldn't use consumer messaging apps. Govts need enterprise s/w. Signal doesn't offer those features, and has never claimed to. Its focus is totally different, and that's fine. We provide ent-grade features as part of our commercial solution. That revenue pays the salaries of people who develop FOSS and commercial software. https://element.io/en/matrix-relationship