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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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