- cross-posted to:
- signal@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- signal@lemmy.ml
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Nice move. AppImage makes distribution much simpler, especially for people who don’t want to depend on a specific package manager.
IMO flatpaks are a better option, appimages are just bringing people back to the insecure “find it on a website and download it” method of package management
This is also one of the reasons why I dislike curl sh
Flatpaks can be unsafe too though.
Same goes for .debs from Debian stable. There is no absolute safety. But downloading unsigned code from a random website is far down the safe list.
AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default.
IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage.
I still prefer repositories, but official AppImages beat unofficial downloads.
I’ll stick to Session anyways.
Does it still require a phone number, thus eliminating all possibility of privacy?
yeah I have concerns about using signal as well. but that’s unfortunately grounds for a witch hunt in these parts.
people who use signal are obsessed with defending it at all costs. they’re a scary bunch. the users honestly turned me off to using the app as much as the app itself did.
It works well
