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> Many services exist now that are because of the revelations That's the narrative but doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. > Signal Moxie's original encrypte
by unmole 5y ago
> Many services exist now that are because of the revelations
That's the narrative but doesn't really hold up to scrutiny.
> Signal
Moxie's original encrypted messaging apps date back to 2010 and Open Whisper was officially started in Jan 2013.
> Matrix
Came out of an effort to build a unified communications suite for corporations.
> Cryptomator
Never heard of it. More widely used solutions like Attic/Borg have been around since 2010.
> self-hosted Nextcloud
Nextcloud was forked from OwnCloud which was started in 2010.
> AD-blockers like uBlock Origin
Ad Block Plus has been around since 2005. uBlock Origin solves the same problem but does it better. Claiming this had anything to do with Snowden is a very tenuous argument.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoIt can be argued Snowden's disclosures have accelerated adoption of such privacy tools.
- Arathorn 5y agoMatrix actually came out of frustration from implementing RCS, and wondering if we could do better. There was no influence from Snowden; the reason that Matrix is E2EE is just common sense to avoid smearing plaintext data everywhere.
- unmole 5y agoThanks for the correction!