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Of course. All these articles and "criticisms" of Signal started popping up right after the recent WhatsApp mini exodus. What a coincidence.

by keyme 6y ago

TaylorAlexander 6y ago
I mean it makes sense. People are concerned about data privacy on WhatsApp so they move to signal. Then the people who have always said “signal isn’t perfectly secure” must reiterate to the masses what that have said many times before.
baxtr 6y ago
Maybe your assumption that something dubious is going on can be eliminated by Occam's razor? Because: any business that gains in popularity will automatically also see higher press coverage.
- EGreg 6y ago
  Just like women in tech — or any male dominated industries — have proportionately more unfortunate encounters with men because each woman has more men around her to begin with?
  - cyberlurker 6y ago
    Where is the data that “women specifically in tech have more unfortunate encounters with men” than other industries?
  - filoleg 6y ago
    Isn't it the case not just in tech, but literally in any field that is male-dominated? I strongly doubt that the problem you describe is any less prevalent in finance or academia, for example. Not a comprehensive list, of course, those were just two off the top of my head.
    - EGreg 6y ago
      Yes obviously any male dominated industries was the point
- marricks 6y ago
  Occam's razor is good in theory but when you have powerful actors that can collude against people's best interest it's very harmful.
johnisgood 6y ago
WhatsApp is even worse, let us not even go there. If anything, I would go with Briar.
TearsInTheRain 6y ago
If you raise Signal's profile then I think you can expect some half-informed tech journalists to start writing about it without fully understanding it.
wp381640 6y ago
Alternatively - you're only because you're noticing it now because of the WhatsApp drama Thomas Brewster has been on the encrypted messaging apps and law enforcement beat for a very long time and puts these stories out with regularity

Of course. All these articles and "criticisms" of Signal started popping up right after the recent WhatsApp mini exodus. What a coincidence.

by keyme 6y ago

Of course. All these articles and "criticisms" of Signal started popping up right after the recent WhatsApp mini exodus. What a coincidence.

TaylorAlexander 6y ago

I mean it makes sense. People are concerned about data privacy on WhatsApp so they move to signal. Then the people who have always said “signal isn’t perfectly secure” must reiterate to the masses what that have said many times before.

baxtr 6y ago

Maybe your assumption that something dubious is going on can be eliminated by Occam's razor? Because: any business that gains in popularity will automatically also see higher press coverage.

EGreg 6y ago
Just like women in tech — or any male dominated industries — have proportionately more unfortunate encounters with men because each woman has more men around her to begin with?
- cyberlurker 6y ago
  Where is the data that “women specifically in tech have more unfortunate encounters with men” than other industries?
- filoleg 6y ago
  Isn't it the case not just in tech, but literally in any field that is male-dominated? I strongly doubt that the problem you describe is any less prevalent in finance or academia, for example. Not a comprehensive list, of course, those were just two off the top of my head.
  - EGreg 6y ago
    Yes obviously any male dominated industries was the point
marricks 6y ago
Occam's razor is good in theory but when you have powerful actors that can collude against people's best interest it's very harmful.

johnisgood 6y ago

WhatsApp is even worse, let us not even go there. If anything, I would go with Briar.

TearsInTheRain 6y ago

If you raise Signal's profile then I think you can expect some half-informed tech journalists to start writing about it without fully understanding it.

wp381640 6y ago

Alternatively - you're only because you're noticing it now because of the WhatsApp drama Thomas Brewster has been on the encrypted messaging apps and law enforcement beat for a very long time and puts these stories out with regularity