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-=> August Abolins wrote to All <=-

 AA> Anyone here have experience or comments on using the Signal app?

I've been using it for a few years. I've had some problems with the group
chats.
I've recommended it to several family members and friends, and most still use
it,
though 3 have stopped using it.

If someone leaves a group while another member is not connected (through wifi
or
mobile data), the group doesn't get updated. In my case, this resulted in a
friend
who had left the group kept receiving messages I sent to the group. But he
didn't
receive messages from any other member, only me.

I don't know if it's still an issue.

There's another weird thing where anyone can add anyone to a group. You can't
ban
someone from a group, only block them individually. But I think that's changed
now
so there can be a single "admin".

https://signal.org/blog/group-links/

Otherwise I like it. For me, call quality is better over Signal than my regular

cell carrier. I can send images and it uses the wifi very reliably. I can send
a
quick voice message. It appears as a regular text to the other user in the
chat,
and he just needs to click "play".

I think another downside is that if I'm not connected to the Internet and
someone
sends me a message on Signal, it won't get rerouted as a regular text message
though my cell carrier.

I haven't done much video-conferencing with it so can't say anything about it.

It's similar to Whatsapp, but Whatsapp is owned by Facebook now and I prefer,
when
available, to use the "open" alternatives.

--
-Andy


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