iOS vs Ubuntu Touch privacy
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Just found out about this, so we do have a pgp app which is fantastic!
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There is a functional native Signal client (Axolotl) now in the Open Store, and there is a beta for TELEports available that allows the UT device to initiate an encrypted "secret chat" for Telegram, and there is a clunky but functional webapp available for Wire - so there is in fact a number of ways to send and receive encrypted messages from a UT device currently.
Also - if one needs to have end to end encrypted notes, the Standard Notes UT webapp allows to access these online with an option for them to be password protected.
But it would be great if encrypting our home folders was made much easier to do in the future - hopefully a developer will take on this task at some point.
Best regards,
Steve Berson -
@TotalSonic how can I get the beta TELEports version? Can't find it on gitlab.
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@TotalSonic said in iOS vs Ubuntu Touch privacy:
There is a functional native Signal client (Axolotl) now in the Open Store, and there is a beta for TELEports available that allows the UT device to initiate an encrypted "secret chat" for Telegram, and there is a clunky but functional webapp available for Wire - so there is in fact a number of ways to send and receive encrypted messages from a UT device currently.
Also - if one needs to have end to end encrypted notes, the Standard Notes UT webapp allows to access these online with an option for them to be password protected.
But it would be great if encrypting our home folders was made much easier to do in the future - hopefully a developer will take on this task at some point.
Best regards,
Steve BersonSignal is a good shout, Telegram has always been a bit dodgy, and IDK much about wire.
However, yes Signal, and in the future we'll have encryption via Kaidan and FluffyChat, so we're getting/have some options.
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@PhoenixLandPirat said in iOS vs Ubuntu Touch privacy:
Signal is a good shout, Telegram has always been a bit dodgy, and IDK much about wire.
Then what app in commercial world do you trust ? Whatsapp
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@thilov - search for teleports.ubports_0.5.0.191007202829_armhf.click posted by Flohack on the "UBports QA and testing" Telegram board. The code for contact list and secret chats needs a few bug fixes but should be merged into the upcoming 0.6 TELEports release before the end of the year.
Best regards,
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@AppLee What do you mean by Commercial?
I trust Matrix, Xmpp w/ Omemo, and I quite trust signal.
The matrix guys make money, Some XMPP people make money, IDK if signal makes money.
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@PhoenixLandPirat I was talking about messaging solution available on IOs and Android (commercial OSes)
Ok, I see what you meant.I don't have a real need for a secure message app. I use Signal and Teleport with my GF mostly and most of my communication is SMS, email or phone calls.
For larger communication I rely on FB Messenger because most of my friends have FB and use it.The security came from the way I use the services and the information I disclose...
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Well, I'm glad to read that Ubuntu Touch takes privacy more seriously than does iOS. I've never used iOS nor do I plan to. OTOH, I did make a build of LineageOS 14.1 for the Nexus 5, to try it, and I will say, that it:
- offered to encrypt the entire phone if I so chose, and...
- gave the option of disallowing any apps that exceeded certain specified access settings (granted, I can't recall the exact settings it specified, but I do recall it giving some such option -- which I did take and which did not limit the basic functionality of the phone).
I haven't yet seen anything close to this from Ubuntu Touch.
