the signal servers
HAHAHAHAHA
I laughed.
They have no ability to see whats being communicated.
Yes they do. Google has your private keys when you install Signal from the Play Store and register the app with your PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER. All your encrypted signal messages are routed through Google's cloud messaging service, which means they have your encrypted messages AND the keys required to decrypt them.
They can absolutely censor speech on Signal. Just find the phone numbers of signal users who practice wrong-think on other platforms and stop them from being able to send messages.
I think you need to study the signal protocol in a bit more depth. If you are concerned about your phone number being known there are alternate ways to activate signal and also its not necessary to use the play store to install it. Signal has passed scrutiny with flying colors by three major overseas private institutions.
Public-Private keychains are well understood. The Signal protocol is robust, but it is useless if the message carrier can aquire your private key.
The security provided by end-to-end encryption (using private/public keypairs) is pointless if the MITM has your private key.
And yes, you do have to install Signal from the Play Store. The only alternatives are 1) builiding the app yourself, 2) downloading a the apk from a third-party (which is ultimately from the play store). Signal USED to be on open source app sotred like F-Droid, but has since been REMOVED and kept solely on Google and Apple's app stores.
Additionally, you can't even install the Signal app on your Desktop without first connecting it to your phone
To use the Signal desktop app, Signal must first be installed on your phone. (signal.org)
Also, let me know if this doesn't raise and eyebrow for you
$50 million investment into signal from WhatApps founder (whatsapp now owned by facebook): https://archive.vn/eVU5f
Again the Signal protocol is very strong IF the message carrier doesn't have your private key. If they do, you may as well be sending clear-text messages.
Still wrong, just installed it directly on an open source phone, no fdroid no playstore.
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