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The 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
by Yeroc 6y ago
The 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.