It would be lot harder to block Signal if it's federated. It's harder to block Matrix.
First they created the problem with centralized network (and phone numbers required for registration, my ass), then they ask people to run proxies for them. They can also piggyback on TOR and their bridges, they can make registration easier, but no.
Also many people won't be able to run the proxy anyways because they already got something listening on http ports and it seems like this crap doesn't cannot be put behin. a regular web server as a virtual host.
> Also many people won't be able to run the proxy anyways because they already got something listening on http ports and it seems like this crap doesn't cannot be put behin. a regular web server as a virtual host.
First they created the problem with centralized network (and phone numbers required for registration, my ass), then they ask people to run proxies for them. They can also piggyback on TOR and their bridges, they can make registration easier, but no.
Also many people won't be able to run the proxy anyways because they already got something listening on http ports and it seems like this crap doesn't cannot be put behin. a regular web server as a virtual host.