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An activist in charge of a privacy tool, not often a match made in heaven.
by potatototoo99 4y ago
An activist in charge of a privacy tool, not often a match made in heaven.
- erokar 4y agoWe're all activists.
- potatototoo99 4y ago*An activist-but-not-security/privacy-activist
- Barrin92 4y agoshe's literally been fired/quit her old job at google for protesting against surveillance programs and she's a longstanding advocate for whistleblower protection. two minutes on Wikipedia would have brought that up.
- the_third_wave 4y agoWikipedia is not a good source for anything even tangentially related to politically sensitive subjects which this clearly is. If you have to use it make sure to check the Talk and View history pages which tend to give some insight into the level of ideological control maintained by the page editors.
- janandonly 4y agoNot enough people know this.
- blueflow 4y agoI would hate being called an activist, because that puts me in the same bucket as some really obnoxious self-promoters...
- madeofpalk 4y agoI dislike being put in the same bucket as obnoxious developers, yet here we are. I play a lot of video games, built a pc for gaming, and despise being called a "gamer", yet some might consider than an accurate label.
- the_third_wave 4y agoNo, we're not. Some of us are activists but most people are conformists who care more about being accepted by their peers than they care about leading those peers towards some goal. A conformist may join the parade when this is required to be accepted but it does not matter much what the parade is for since the reason for joining it is not activism but conformism.
- rdl 4y agoBiggest issue with Signal IMO is that not enough people use it. (and, technically, the horrible dependency on PSTN addresses, but I don't expect the Signal foundation President to fix that). Someone with wild consumer app adoption experience (100mm+ users globally) who is ALSO super into privacy/self-sovereignty/security seems like the ideal fit. Not sure if there's anyone who fits the bill there, especially not anyone who would want this specific job.
- rvz 4y agoAnd it is facilitating in using a privacy-based cryptocurrency and forcibly shoving it in the app, just like what Keybase did but with a different crypto project. If guess it has given Signal more of a use case for scammers, terrorists and criminals to hide and now fund their illegal activities with no trace. [0] [0] https://www.theverge.com/22872133/signal-cryptocurrency-payments-encryption-invite-regulator-scrutiny https://www.theverge.com/22872133/signal-cryptocurrency-paym...
- collegeburner 4y agoFunny this actually makes me like it more. Any feature with no potential for abuse also provides no privacy and security.
- sbarre 4y agoI keep hearing about this crypto stuff but as a daily Signal user I don't think I've ever seen anything "forcibly shoved" at me about crypto in Signal. Just my experience though..
- cassianoleal 4y agoI use Signal daily to communicate with family and friends via text, audio and video. I remember reading about this crypto stuff when it launched but I see no mention of it in my usage of the app.
- gaius_baltar 4y ago
- commandersaki 4y agoI would say moxie shared many qualities of an activist.
- UncleMeat 4y agoI would say that moxie would describe himself as an activist rather than just sharing the qualities of one. Signal has obviously been a project driven by principles of free and secure communication from the get-go rather than a traditional revenue-driven organization.
- phantom_of_cato 4y ago