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Signal Desktop without a smartphone, standalone version in development (aboutsignal.com)

submitted 3 days ago by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The new app design will still be necessary if that were to become a feature, so this is a halfway step either way.

One thing this lets people do is utilize burner numbers without a physical phone tied to it. They can use their provider's web-based UI to receive text messages for the signal confirmation, but can then use the app solely from a desktop.

This also paves the way for an official command-line client, library or SDK that could be used for automation.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for those pointers. I like the idea of an official CLI for instance to perform automatic regular encrypted backups, or the possibility of interfacing messages to other systems. But I presume they'd have to be careful to avoid opening the door to automated messaging spam bots.