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> Last year, current and former Signal employees told me they were worried about what that combination would bring to the app. Anonymous transactions would like
by V__ 5y ago
> Last year, current and former Signal employees told me they were worried about what that combination would bring to the app. Anonymous transactions would likely attract criminals, they told me, and that in turn would attract regulatory scrutiny. Given that end-to-end encryption already faces legal challenges around the globe, they said, Signal’s addition of anonymous payments was a needless provocation. And it could give more ammunition to lawmakers who want to end encryption as we know it.
This hits the nail on the head and worries me about Signals future. For some reason I feel like this is their first step "towards the dark side".
- tata71 5y agoThey're one of the few entities that both feels, and is capable of carrying, the responsibility we all have to the next generation, who deserves the free internet that we enjoyed.
- YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y agoCan you explain what you mean by "the free internet we enjoyed" in regards of anonymous payments and encrypted messaging? Because I can't remember any of those in the "good old days".
- Proven 5y ago
- tata71 5y agoIn the 90s, there was no chilling effect (search it) of persistence being known, or the consequences of such being understood. People treated posting on BBS like yelling into the grand canyon, and a million other beautiful stories from a million other perspectives.
- YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y agoWhat? You think signal is the new "grand canyon"?
- tata71 5y agoNo. I just think they have the money and userbase to help keep the Canyon clean.