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		romaaeterna 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter's new encrypted DMs aren't better than the... What exactly prevents them from doing a Windows build with an non-published change, signing it with the keys they control, and pushing it to an individual client through the upgrade servers which they control?

tabletcorry 10 months ago | [–]

Desktop clients communicate through mobile clients, so they don't have access to the key material.

romaaeterna 10 months ago | [–]

I don't believe that is the case. You can turn your phone off and the Signal desktop client will continue to work just fine.

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