In terms of usability, Signal is not that great. In a usability study involving Signal[1], 21 out of 28 computer science students failed to establish and mainta

In terms of usability, Signal is not that great. In a usability study involving Signal[1], 21 out of 28 computer science students failed to establish and maintain a secure end to end encrypted connection. I am old enough to be pretty cynical about this stuff. People keep on coming up with purely technical solutions to the encrypted messaging problem. They all eventually fall down on the human side. This isn't working. We have to do something else. [1] https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09-when-signal-hits-the-fan-on-the-usability-and-security-of-state-of-the-art-secure-mobile-messaging.pdf https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09...