What advantage does Signal protocol have over basic public key encryption?

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On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:02:24 -0800
David Barrett <dbarrett at expensify.com> wrote:

> Signal  protocol ...on the surface it seems _really_ complicated in order to
> protect against only a very narrow range of attacks.
> 


	that is my impression as well. On the other hand signal has very serious propblems like requiring people to link their 'identity' to a retarphone and the fact that all messages are routed through signal-NSA servers. I.e. signal is fully centralized. 


	you have to take into account that 'moxie' got 3 millions from the US govt. And a lot more from some other silicon valley oligarch.