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Signal isn't meant to be a mainstream one-size-fits-all, even tptacek admits as much: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22371316 https://news.ycombinator.co
by skinkestek 6y ago
Signal isn't meant to be a mainstream one-size-fits-all, even tptacek admits as much:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22371316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22371316
He actually seemed annoyed that everyone insisted on using it for everything :-)
If you need bulletproof cryptographically verifiable encryption - use Signal.
If one wants to plan dinner, use whatever fits your bill.
(And if in addition to the same supposedly bulletproof encryption as Signal you also want NSA^HGoogle to back up your messages and Facebook to know who you talk to and when so they might better customize their ads^H^H^H your experience you can also use WhatsApp :-)
- Yeroc 6y agoThe downside of that attitude is that if a chat program is only used for what governments consider subversive activities then it will be targeted to be shutdown. It is much better to have a general-purpose, secure chat program that IS mainstream making it more difficult for oppressive regimes to target.
- skinkestek 6y agoOr we can use a number of different programs for different purposes like I do: - exchanging passwords? encrypted mail, Signal or something else E2E-encrypted - work: whatever work says. Mostly slack. - discussions with friends and family: Telegram - online shouting competitions: twitter - showing off: Instagram - telling Facebook who my friends are and how often I talk to them: WhatsApp ;-)
- saagarjha 6y agoBut this is just annoying. People don't want to juggle more chat apps unless they provide clear value, and for many Signal just isn't very compelling.
- kitkat_new 6y ago- exchanging passwords? Matrix - work: Matrix - discussions with friends and family: Matrix - online shouting competitions: twitter - showing off: Instagram
- _rs 6y agoDoes Matrix support keeping a local log/backup of chat history, like others are discussing in this thread?
- ymolodtsov 6y agoOh worse, just nobody except the around-Hacker-News crowd plus reporters would ever use it. I don't get why I or anybody should switch to Signal. It's not a good app.