I don't trust Signal
drewdevault.com

Good summary of several red-flags in regards to using the Signal messenger.

Also interesting is this one.

Use a locally hosted XMPP with the Conversations client :)

  • dengismceo@lemmy.ml
    1·
    4 years ago

    probably has something to do with this:

    We can try to reproduce your APK, as mentioned above, but if this fails (or e.g. when you want to distribute an app with closed-source components or API keys etc.)

    apparently signal checks for play services even when you download the .apk from their site