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I can’t help but laugh a sad laugh. I oppose government monitoring and support transparency. And I support Signal to avoid monitoring and now it’s used to remov
by tarkin2 6y ago
I can’t help but laugh a sad laugh. I oppose government monitoring and support transparency. And I support Signal to avoid monitoring and now it’s used to remove transparency.
I can’t get my friends to install Signal because they say they have nothing to hide from their government and now the same government is using Signal to hide from my friends.
Moxie should add it to the advertising blurb:” We’re so secure the British government use Signal to hide from its citizens.”
- vondro 6y agoRe: trying to get friends to install Signal Been there, but <rant>it got even harder as Signal makes it mandatory to set a PIN now which cannot be skipped, all because of future 'cloud backup' feature. It kinda stinks to me, as Signal bragged about not keeping almost any metadata, and now they want to keep backups. Whats worse, it seems there is no opt-out.<rant/> Makes it hard to recommend Signal now. As a Signal user, what do you think about Signal's recent development?
- tarkin2 6y agoI’ve not followed them too much but trust Moxie since his previous decision were good. I think Signal is trying to gain more mainstream adoption and it will need backups for that. The pin is annoying but if it gives the app secure backups then I guess it’s a good idea. Although I agree having an opt-out would be good (but I expect most people want backups)