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Open Whisper Systems partners with Google on end-to-end encryption for Allo. https://whispersystems.org/blog/allo/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/allo/

• headmelted 10y ago
  Dare I say that I'm actually a little disappointed by this? I get where Moxie is coming from, and that he doesn't have the PR machinery that Facebook and Google do to really push Signal to the mainstream, but these are advertising companies. When OWS takes this work on they're giving a tacit Moxie stamp of approval to the implementation, that could well change after OWS has moved on to other things. tldr; History tells me not to trust these companies motives in the long term, and I don't see why Moxie should either.
  • nzp 10y ago
    > When OWS takes this work on they're giving a tacit Moxie stamp of approval to the implementation Which is completely irrelevant for any mainstream messaging app OWS has collaborated with. No “normal” person on this planet that uses these apps knows or cares about who Moxie is. > tldr; History tells me not to trust these companies motives in the long term, and I don't see why Moxie should either. I doubt he does, but his goal with all this is to end passive mass surveillance, and he obviously thinks this is the best shot. I mean, Signal the app is certainly not going to become a significant player in this space, so we can debate if he's doing the right thing but I can totally see the how he can justify it even if he doesn't really trust them.