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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (www.wired.com)

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[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

But they give their data when the officials ask. That is all that matters. And I seriously hope none of us uses Telegram or WhatsApp to any discussions. Use Signal because that is so far pretty unbreakable.

Telegram is already in the hands of that tiny Russian old man and WhatsApp is owned by a lizard.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, try telling your family, friends, colleagues, therapist to use Signal.

[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did so years ago. Everybody uses it from my family and friends. I've had a very active group chat there for eight years with friends. My mom uses it actively, even calls me using Signal. My partner knows it is the best chat app and actively uses it.

I just asked ages ago for everybody to switch to signal, they valuated the features and for a group chat automatically deleted messages and strong encryption were really interesting for everybody. Now we can shoot shit in a group chat without needing to worry that the logs are stored somewhere forever.

[–] brognak@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Same. I also sell the fact that it works xPlatform perfectly, so no more Android/SMS/iMessage fuckery happening.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'm trying to convince everyone to start using signal before the slide towards fascism turns into a drop