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Signal seems to have lost the plot, after everything that went down -- the exodus, sudden interest etc etc, right when they prioritised that crypto thing above
by crossroadsguy 4y ago
Signal seems to have lost the plot, after everything that went down -- the exodus, sudden interest etc etc, right when they prioritised that crypto thing above everything else and actually released it. In my circle across 4 continents only one person knew about that damn crypto. Heard of it. That niche. But then maybe Signal is supposed to be “that niche”.
I don’t know how they spin it (that is if at all they bother), or anyone else tries to explain it, it just doesn't make sense. It simply does not. I’d say it is worse or weirder than Firefox’s Pocket moment, but somehow on the same lines. I uninstalled Signal when that feature was released. I still install it now and then for an hour or so just to spin it, but earlier, whatever those few friends were on it, I used to try to use it. Now I don’t. Now for me Singal is just a useless relic.
Maybe it still works for Snowden and people who are at risk and I hope it keeps working for them. But if they are the only target audience then Signal is already irrelevant and they CAN BE replaced by that small target audience and them “walking” from UK or anywhere else for that matter really doesn’t matter.
- Karellen 4y agoWhat are you talking about? Strong cryptography is Signal's entire point of existence.
- thallium205 4y agoI think he’s talking about a shitcoin Signal loaded into their app.
- Karellen 4y agoDoh. I often get confused when people use "crypto" to refer to cryptocurrencies rather than cryptography and encryption when the context isn't obvious. If you're talking about a product specifically built around cryptography, I'm definitely going to not think that the context is actually cryptocurrency without any other clues. Guess I just spent too long being interested in and reading up on crypto before bitcoin was invented.
- Vinnl 4y ago> Guess I just spent too long being interested in and reading up on crypto before bitcoin was invented. There's also the fact that the entire article was about encryption and not about cryptocurrencies...
- DeusExMachina 4y agoI honestly don’t understand what this “crypto thing” you mention is or has any relevance with the discussion. I use Signal every day to communicate with my friends. None of them is a software developer or a technical person. If you are not the target audience of Signal, it does not mean that nobody else is.
- madaxe_again 4y agoI believe he’s referring to this. https://mobilecoin.com/ https://mobilecoin.com/ https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057625692-In-app-Payments https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057625692-In...
- WithinReason 4y agoIronically, to actually use this and obtain mobilecoins you need to go through KYC and provide detailed personal information from your name to your great-grandmother's blood group