Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe

• AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Obviously not. Think about supply and demand. Because a toxic product is being hailed as secure there isn’t enough demand for an actually anonymous and private messenger. So calling signal “secure” is just helping state security.

  If you actually want to message about revolutionary (illegal, “terrorist”) activity and don’t want to be traced immediately by an agent of state security or an informant, Signal offers nothing (unless you use criminal activity like identity theft). In such a case a warrant will obviously be granted and they can immediately find and arrest you.

  Can you see the logic how Signal isn’t secure at all for an actual dissident?

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  • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Supply and demand: There are seemingly new messenging services that pop up every day, so I’m not sure why you think Signal existing is stopping progress. It isn’t.

    Security: For 99.9% of people, the security and privacy granted through using Signal is amazing and it is worthy of being called secure. I mean it’s secure enough for government officials to trust using. With how Signal is currently, an official data request from the government for Signal data returns pretty much nothing except the phone number used, which is great.

    I think ‘revolutionaries’ (protestors) are already using Signal. I haven’t heard of any cases where something has gone wrong for them, but again, there’s no way for your messages to be read unless they get access to your phone (if you are smart you will make sure your messages auto delete and that you lockdown or shutdown your phone incase of arrest).

    I can’t see how Signal isn’t safe for anyone.

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    • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Hey, next time you go to a protest just glue your government ID card to your forehead.

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      • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Doesn’t make any sense but ok

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