Screenshot of signal.org showing "Signal for Mobile" on the left, with a product image and links for Android and iPhone or iPad, and then "Signal for Desktop" on the right, with... a big blank space.

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   varx/tech (varx@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 10:42:32 JST varx/tech

   Signal *really* doesn't like having desktop users, do they?

   Apparently the only way to get this working without a smartphone is to install their desktop app (which *does* exist—this screenshot is from before I enabled JS) but then also install a third-party tool called "signal-cli" that uses a hacked-up version of Signal to provide functionality like creating an account based on an SMS or voice call.

   It's kind of appalling. There's no reason the desktop app couldn't have this functionality. Why are Signal forcing people to use a third-party utility? It's very weird in juxtaposition to their tight central control of Signal in other ways.

   #signal #desktop