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Signal and to a much greater degree WhatsApp is used all over the place where it has no business being. A large number of politicians use these apps for communi
by rapsey 6y ago
Signal and to a much greater degree WhatsApp is used all over the place where it has no business being. A large number of politicians use these apps for communication all over the world for information that is actually classified.
The reason it is in all these places because it is free, easy to use and supposedly secure. That the information contained can be exfiltrated would be news to them. All they know is that security proffessionals recommend Signal so that is what they use.
Just use Signal has been a mantra in tech circles for a long time. This obvious fact I am bringing up is always obvious yet no one mentions it.
- evgen 6y agoNo one mentions it because this 'fact' is both self-evident and is in no way specific to Signal or any other piece of software. If I can own the platform then there is NOTHING you can do to stop me from owning all of the information you put into that platform. It has nothing to do with any specific tool you use on the platform and any attempt to tie this fact to a specific tool or program is an indicator of an attempt to muddy the waters (most likely so you can try to sell some 'solution' that does not actually solve the problem.) In almost all cases these so-called solutions end up being so inconvenient and painful to use that people actively route around them using mechanisms that are even less secure than the original tool that is being 'fixed' -- there is a reason no one uses Qubes and why everyone tries to avoid a SCIF if possible...
- rapsey 6y agoIt it is self evident to people who understand security. It is far from self evident to everyone else. To many who actually need security and are given the mantra to just use signal.