Signal has less potential for hidden vulnerabilitiesĪs a larger platform, WhatsApp is more inviting to malicious actors to start with, but the fact that its codebase is a proprietary closed box means that it may take longer for dangerous vulnerabilities to be detected. This means that you can see what’s going on inside it – or, more usefully, rely on the specialist expertise of people who review the code and know exactly what they’re looking for.īecause of this.
Signal is open sourceĪll of Signal’s source code is published for anyone to examine and use under a GPLv3 license for clients and an AGPLv3 license for the server. Signal also has a slightly broader range of clients, with a dedicated client for Linux desktop users – likely to appeal to those in the security and data analysis fields, while WhatsApp directs them to its web app.
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