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How to install Signal Private Messenger

Assuming you have git, sed, and *sh, perform the following:

git clone https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop && cat Signal-Desktop/js/background.js | sed 's/textsecure-service-staging.whispersystems.org/textsecure-service-ca.whispersystems.org:4433/g' | sed 's/whispersystems.textsecure-attachments-staging.s3.amazonaws.com/whispersystems-textsecure-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/g' > temp; cat temp > Signal-Desktop/js/background.js; rm temp;

In Google Chrome:

  1. Options in top right > More Tools > Extensions
  2. Click Developer mode
  3. Click Load unpacked extension...
  4. Browse to /path/to/Signal-Desktop and click Open
  5. Use Signal the way that you use Signal.
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