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This is a very all or nothing mentality. It's also kind of like saying you should put locks on your locks. Signal's core reason for existing is that it puts a f
by idrios 5y ago
This is a very all or nothing mentality. It's also kind of like saying you should put locks on your locks. Signal's core reason for existing is that it puts a focus on privacy. They say this all over their homepage [0].
One of the founders of WhatsApp donated $50M to Signal [1] out of regret for how WhatsApp shifted away from privacy after being acquired by Facebook.
The entire project is freely visible to anyone on github [2]. They've made it so even if you don't trust their servers, you can set up your own server and clone your own android/ios app, change some settings and have everything hosted yourself.
There's no reason not to expect Signal to maintain the focus on privacy that they've put in thus far.
[0] https://www.signal.org/ https://www.signal.org/
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/signal-foundation-whatsapp-brian-acton/ https://www.wired.com/story/signal-foundation-whatsapp-brian...
[2] https://github.com/signalapp https://github.com/signalapp
- freeopinion 5y agoFor most people, privacy is a nice-to-have thing. When it's just nice to have, Signal checks that box. If your life depended on it, you would be foolish to depend solely on Signal. How nice it is that encryption has emerged from the dark corners of life and death to become a fashion accessory. But for those that still exist in the world beyond fashion, your criticism seems naive.
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- skinnymuch 5y ago“Regret”. You don’t sell an app that barely makes money for $19B actually believing its most valuable asset won’t be used. Not like he isn’t currently keeping most of the billions he made from such “blood money” too.