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Awful shortsighted and uninformed viewpoint that has been beaten into the ground ad nauseum. Read a couple books. Privacy is a precondition to democracy.

• baq 2y ago
  It isn't a viewpoint. It's a fact. I'm using signal for almost a decade now and only managed to get a dozen or so people to use it in any capacity. Most keep using whatsapp as their primary method of communication anyway.
  • codethief 2y ago
    Meanwhile, I have been using Signal since the TextSecure days, too, and practically all my contacts are using it these days.
    • baq 2y ago
      Good for you, tell us how you did it!
• monadINtop 2y ago
  >Read a couple books Maybe you should? It might help improve your reading comprehension. The person you're responding to said that most normal people don't care enough to switch to a vastly less popular app, which is obviously true.
• lukan 2y ago
  What books would you recommend, that proof that connection? "Privacy is a precondition to democracy"
  • esafak 2y ago
    How would you convert an autocracy into a democracy without secrecy? There are no peaceful means so you have to plot.
    • lukan 2y ago
      Secrecy and privacy is not really the same concept.