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I'm sorry but as someone from Russia - you are wrong. >Reading your messages tells them who to interrogate, where to find them, who else is involved, etc. Why
by konart 5y ago
I'm sorry but as someone from Russia - you are wrong.
>Reading your messages tells them who to interrogate, where to find them, who else is involved, etc.
Why read my messages if they can start from me? Or that other guy who posted something on twitter? Or any other place? Or talked to someone.
I'm not saying encryption is unimportant. I'm saying that it really only matters as long as all parties involved keep their business secure in the first place.
Not to mention that they police don't really work with that kind of precision here.
- gonehome 5y agoIt's not a binary thing. If you can choose secure communication vs. insecure communication you're better off choosing secure. You're right of course this doesn't protect you 100%, but it's a lot better than not having secure communication. Does that mean even with Signal your friend could be compelled to unlock their phone and reveal the comms? Sure. It's still better to have that be the requirement than access to all comms by default. It requires more specific and high effort targeting. It makes it harder to just query keywords generally to find people. It's the better default state.