And yet, sadly, there are only like 5 people in my entire contact list who use it.
What a shame…
Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
Submitted 1 year ago by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks-x-blocks-links-to-signal
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neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The Free Speech Absolutist everybody!
Dellpeanuts5@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I hope Signal doesnt end up getting outlawed in the US. Elon musk seems to be against it now, and he has a lot of power these days.
wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
There’s a saying some of our american comrads have: come and take it
Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 year ago
And when they come, oh boy do they roll over and give it to them.
Baguette@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That sounds more like free advertisement for Signal
“Our product is banned on twitter!”
firepenny@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now if more is Americans would listen and move this platform.
Suavevillain@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It is a matter time before they try to get it banned.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The first step would probably be to try and revoke their tax exempt non profit status. But I’m confident the Signal Foundation would at that point just move to another jurisdiction. Maybe Canada, Switzerland or something like that.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahem excuse me you must mean the 51st state, or Switzerland, or something like that
liquidthex@reddthat.com 1 year ago
So, basically, you can be 100% sure that he has the ability to read your messages on other platforms.
maplebar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They fear open source software because it is the only thing that threatens their techfascist hegemony.
This only further proves that we are investing in platforms that are chipping away at them.
resetbypeer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Free speech absolution guy who promotrd Signal not that long ago, only likes free speech (and most likely only signal) for me but not for thee
sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 year ago
This is huge. But there’s such an onslaught of stuff coming it doesn’t get the attention needed
davel@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
He says he wants free speech, but all he ever wanted was to replace the previous censorship and propaganda regime with his own.
Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Free speech readings, increasing! Liberty levels, maximum! Freedom metrics, exploding!!! IMA BUSSSS!!!..oh nvm, the techno-fascist douchebag was a lying hypocrite the whole time.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 year ago
should be a lesson to those excited about iphones using starlink
BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 1 year ago
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Great, free publicity for Signal!
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
That’s what I thought when I first saw this
giacomo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
but for real, who is still using x? i thought it was just a bunch of mouth breather magas at this point.
mke@programming.dev 1 year ago
Joking for real, or seriously for real? The vast majority of people that used twitter are still using twitter. This applies to users in the united states, of course, but it especially applies to those in the entire rest of the world, where elon’s shit largely hasn’t crossed the culture/language barrier, or doesn’t matter to people.
WhatSay@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Oddly, many reporters still do
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
[deleted]Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh thats going to be bad news when musk sells them all that info
Huschke@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s still half the US population though.
allgreentome@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Everyone who’s not a paranoid leftist uses X; I find current information about every subject I’m interested in seconds
Ougie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds like you’re about to lose your farm
Hyggyldy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Lol, Alex Jones style research. Using memes and headlines as news.
maplebar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You sound like the type of guy who drives a cybertruck and practices Elons “odd hand gesture” in your bedroom at night.
SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You don’t find iinformation, you find hot takes. Xitter is a cesspool if you want to learn about anything.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Wrong, the science community is slowly switching to bluesky
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
giacomo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
sounds like you do your own research
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
gb2/reddit you dumb fucking fascist apologist cunt
Rob1992@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The people who unfortunately have to get government updates from the place. After Facebook became a pain, Twitter became (for a while, when you didn’t have to log in) a pretty decent way to update people on things like roadworks or weather warnings.
LMurch@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
Man… I’m getting tired of this guy.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 year ago
…only just now?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Free speech!
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Hey, that’s only for billionaires.
theherk@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Absolutist… ish
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 year ago
What don’t they block? But that’s not unique either. I could not put the word Signal into my WhatsApp status before deleting the app.
Imhotep@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think I remember him endorsing signal years ago which gave it at big boost at the time
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Isn’t Signal still centralised? Why use it over Matrix? (genuine question)
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 year ago
It’s more private and secure, and it’s easier to use/recommend.
Matrix stores all metadata, and most all of it makes it’s way to the matrix.org (default instance) server and is subject to dragnet subpoenas. It’s also complicated to use, incredibly slow, and resource-intensive.
sith@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Because its a more user friendly experience. Your grandma can use it with no hustle. Matrix is more complicated UX and also much slower and buggier (at least if you use Element and matrix.org). Ive actually started to prefer Delta Chat over Matrix.
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
Matrix leaks a ton of metadata and for normal users the clients are still very much in the sucking phase. Signal being centralized changes nothing about its security when the freaking servers can’t see anything about the messages. It literally is the most secure way to communicate out there, period.
Rob1992@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s some people trying to run messaging services over TOR, no idea if much is gained from it
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Thanks; is leaking metadata just a consequence of the decentralized nature or is it something specific to how Matrix was made? Maybe I’ll try out Signal (I’ve been looking for some alternatives) but I don’t like how they’re based in America/5 Eyes, even if they are encrypted.
ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 1 year ago
You use Simplex over Signal for improved privacy and no identifiers, not Matrix.
Signal is still very good though.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 year ago
I think SimpleX is the currently the best chat app, with potential to be much more.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Signal is person to person messaging with groups on the side (ala WhatsApp)
Matrix is groups with person to person on the side (ala Discord)
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Ooh thanks that makes more sense
486@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It is, but Signal and Matrix aren’t really all that similar. Matrix’s privacy is pretty atrocious. It stores tons of meta data about users all over the place. That’s the exact opposite of what Signal does.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
yup. signal devs/servers have NO access at all to anything about the conversations.
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
overload@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Damn I should use signal
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Absolutely
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Didn’t the MAGA insurrection use Signal to coordinate their efforts?
Wait wait…yes, follow dear leader to an app that keeps your history and doesn’t encrypt at rest. You have nothing to hide and nothing to fear.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, they used Telegram because they’re idiots and don’t understand privacy.
realitista@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s quite a strong endorsement for Signal.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I agree
CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 year ago
an American permutation of the CCP’s WeChat app model where the American government has final and singular authority to monitor and surveil all payments, domestic travel and communications of American citizens.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I know things are defcon level insane,but reading that, the as is way they phrase and apply the terms, by someone with that specific set of skills, makes things sound (they are) so much more malicious.
Welcome to America 2.0 : death to america, hello network state.
Zozano@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🤦♂️
TomMasz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Free Speech Absolutist 🤣
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
frequenttimetraveler@lemmy.world 1 year ago
most likely a spam detection issue.
I wish europe banned anhy of the american social media, my applications would finally have a chance. But europeans won’t do that because they are huge pussies when it comes to americans. Unlike the chinese who created a whole internet universe for themselves, and they don’t even bother translating it to english anymore