Wire.com: “Your privacy is always our priority.” (unless you use Tor)

Wireapp has been a non-stop running goat fuck for years. The incompetent devs finally have a Debian procedure (here). It’s unclear if they are still pushing bloated Electron junk. But they seem to think banning Tor is not bad for optics in the deployment of a comms app pitched for security-minded folks. I modified their instructions to give:

 $ echo "Types: deb
URIs: tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By:
$(torsocks wget -O- tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key | sed -e 's/^$/./' -e 's/^/ /')" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.sources

Notice I used the tor:// scheme instead of https://. Doing aptitude update gives:

E: Failed to fetch tor://wire-app.wire

 $ echo "Types: deb
URIs: tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By:
$(torsocks wget -O- tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key | sed -e 's/^$/./' -e 's/^/ /')" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.sources

Notice I used the tor:// scheme instead of https://. Doing aptitude update gives:

E: Failed to fetch tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease  403  Forbidden [IP: 127.0.0.1 9050]
E: The repository 'tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian stable InRelease' is not signed.

LibreMonk

2024-04-14 21:04:43

WireApp has a CLI client → Kalium

I hate to link into MS Github but that’s where the Kalium project exists. It’s intended for API testing, but among proficient users it should possibly be the primary way to use the #Wire network because:
* WireApp (on Android) is a forced obsolescence shit show
* WireApp (desktop) has been a shit show from day one (based on Electron/Chromium) plus a fuckup just caused it to block logins for Linux users.
So Kalium seems to be a lesser of evils. But I must say it was a shit show too when I tried to get it running a year or so ago.
Has anyone successfully gotten #Kalium to run?

Login fails with "Unexpected error"
Wire version: 3.35.3348 Wire for web version: 2024.04.11.07.16.27 Operating system: Arch Linux Which antivirus software do you have installed: none What steps will reproduce the problem? Start Wire...
^{faluta999 (GitHub)}