Freedom Tech Weekend

Signal: The Private Messaging Alternative. But is it Really Secure? Let's Find Out - FTK 9

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Ready to own your conversations and ditch data-mining messengers? In this Freedom Tech Weekend episode we take a hands-on tour of the Signal app—the open-source, end-to-end-encrypted messenger trusted by activists, journalists, and privacy pros worldwide.

Fresh from the Oslo Freedom Forum, host Marks shares real-world lessons from AI workshops for human-rights defenders, then dives into:

  • Why Signal’s X3DH key exchange, Perfect Forward Secrecy and metadata minimization protect you better than SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram
  • A quick walkthrough of Signal’s GitHub, community forum and donation-funded model
  • How to link your Phone and Desktop apps and the security behind the exchange
  • An early look at Signal-Llama, a brand-new bridge that lets you chat with a local Ollama AI bot—perfect for truly private AI assistance
  • A weekend challenge: migrate just one contact to Signal and feel the difference

    • If you want the same privacy philosophy for AI, try our open source project Maple AI — the world’s most private cloud LLM chat. Give it a spin at https://trymaple.ai 🌿

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