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> one of them proclaimed today that Signal is owned by Elon Musk (probably because he tweeted about it) here is another one (with an insane amount of likes/ret

> one of them proclaimed today that Signal is owned by Elon Musk (probably because he tweeted about it) here is another one (with an insane amount of likes/retweets for something so wrong): "Signal is owned by Twitter and monitored. While open source it is not as secure as they say. Use telegram." -- https://twitter.com/RebelOutlaw1990/status/1347165338077700097 https://twitter.com/RebelOutlaw1990/status/13471653380777000...

breiti 6y ago
Just a few tweet below in that thread: > Telegram is owned by Google if not mistaken!? sigh.
- joshxyz 6y ago
  To be fair i grew up thinking bill gates owned skype
  - raarts 6y ago
    That might have been true depending on your age.
  - filoleg 6y ago
    Your belief about Skype being owned by Bill Gates is kinda factually true. Not necessarily Bill Gates himself, but Microsoft acquired Skype back in 2011.
  - brewdad 6y ago
    Microsoft does own Skype now, so in a way he does.
dawnerd 6y ago
Gesh the amount of bad information in those replies.
mtgx 6y ago
Sounds more like a Telegram bot.
Sudophysics 6y ago
It's Russian owned actually, moved HQ to Germany.
xenocratus 6y ago
First comment that I saw: > Telegram uses custom cryptography. > Signal uses encryption protocols sponsored by Broadcasting Board of Governors, a sister federal agency to the State Department. In plain words, data easily accessible by CIA, NASA and FBI. I wonder what NASA will do with my Signal messages, maybe use them for a giggle in between transmissions from Mars. Also, recent blog post about Telegram and its crypto: https://buttondown.email/cryptography-dispatches/archive/cryptography-dispatches-the-most-backdoor-looking/ https://buttondown.email/cryptography-dispatches/archive/cry...
- godelski 6y ago
  > I wonder what NASA will do with my Signal messages They batch them up and send them to deep space through SETI. The aliens are the real ones behind surveillance operations which they use to create a reality TV show. And with this NASA prevents the world from being destroyed from said aliens.
  - Cyphase 6y ago
    They call it Operation Scheherazade.

breiti 6y ago

Just a few tweet below in that thread: > Telegram is owned by Google if not mistaken!? sigh.

joshxyz 6y ago
To be fair i grew up thinking bill gates owned skype
- raarts 6y ago
  That might have been true depending on your age.
- filoleg 6y ago
  Your belief about Skype being owned by Bill Gates is kinda factually true. Not necessarily Bill Gates himself, but Microsoft acquired Skype back in 2011.
- brewdad 6y ago
  Microsoft does own Skype now, so in a way he does.

dawnerd 6y ago

Gesh the amount of bad information in those replies.

mtgx 6y ago

Sounds more like a Telegram bot.

Sudophysics 6y ago

It's Russian owned actually, moved HQ to Germany.

xenocratus 6y ago

First comment that I saw: > Telegram uses custom cryptography. > Signal uses encryption protocols sponsored by Broadcasting Board of Governors, a sister federal agency to the State Department. In plain words, data easily accessible by CIA, NASA and FBI. I wonder what NASA will do with my Signal messages, maybe use them for a giggle in between transmissions from Mars. Also, recent blog post about Telegram and its crypto: https://buttondown.email/cryptography-dispatches/archive/cryptography-dispatches-the-most-backdoor-looking/ https://buttondown.email/cryptography-dispatches/archive/cry...

godelski 6y ago
> I wonder what NASA will do with my Signal messages They batch them up and send them to deep space through SETI. The aliens are the real ones behind surveillance operations which they use to create a reality TV show. And with this NASA prevents the world from being destroyed from said aliens.
- Cyphase 6y ago
  They call it Operation Scheherazade.