It was always open source, but they didn’t update the repo. They started updating it a few years ago after complaints from users. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

Anyways, it’s impossible to know if that’s the code they’re actually running on their servers. You just have to trust them the same way you trust “no logs” VPNs aren’t actually logging your activity.

Surely judges will rule against the police on every case that involved one of the missing recordings.

The reporter’s own “test” proves this is caused by faulty drives unable to sustain the speed they advertise, not Windows.

Yes. That’s why cryptocurrencies won’t work in a physical store because the customer would have to stay in store for several minutes until the merchant can release the product.

But this is not an issue for online marketplaces like Steam. Customers should be willing to wait 10-20 minutes to get their video game key, or for Amazon to start processing a delivery. Faster cryptocurrencies like Litecoin actually take around 3 minutes to confirm transactions. Mullvad’s model is pretty good, where your account doesn’t get updated until the transaction is confirmed.

It sounds like a good compromise, unless dealing with payment processor policies is not as bad as they make it sound.

Your debit card transaction does not happen in seconds, it actually takes days to complete.