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SummerBreeze@monero.town 1 year agoI agree that I applaud the move from SMS text to Signal. I am NOT saying the average person should be concerned with CIA spying. What I’m saying is that one should promote decentralized internet infrastructures that empower the individual over corrupt institutions, even though this threat model likely does not apply to you. XMPP is just as easy to use use as Signal.
If you use Signal messenger, you have to trust the Signal foundation, which uses Amazon’s AWS for the cloud. So you’re trusting CIA military contractors. I am NOT saying that Signal is a CIA tool. What I’m saying is that you are trusting and obeying a centralized authority, as opposed to being able to run code on your own server. And this contributes to the centralization of the internet and a loss of freedom.
Melpomene@kbin.social 1 year ago
Except Signal has dozens of viable competitors, and even XMPP is likely passing through those same AAS servers if it spreads far enough. And you'll never even know, most likely.
Implying that the CIA using a cloud provider makes the entire provider suspect is silly, especially if we're talking about an E2EE service. Decentralization is great. I love it. But I also recognize the value of a centralized service when done well and when subjected to scrutiny and competition.