Comment on Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
monotremata@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Supposedly they’re unblocked again, but there’s been no explanation from Xitter about the issue. Definitely seems suspicious that this happened while DOGE is having trouble with whistleblowers using Signal, though.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
They have a pattern of trying something and seeing how far they can get. Then they’ll say it was an oversight or a joke.
Someone recently called it similar to “reconnaissance in force” by the military – you go out with an uncommitted force and learn from the kind of resistance you get so you can be more effective.
The point is “mistakes” like these are not benign, or at least should not be treated as benign, since we can’t ever really know for sure.
monotremata@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Yeah. I thought it was important context that they had backpedalled, but I did not intend to downplay the severity of the issue.