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I know for a fact If you use "signal" matrix or whatever "security" app, you will get branded a terrorist in India, your life will be upended and you will face

• Synthetic7346 12d ago
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  • wolvoleo 12d ago
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    • mitxela 12d ago
      Rape jokes are not okay, and that wasn't even remotely funny anyway.
      • wolvoleo 12d ago
        Sorry!
• wolvoleo 12d ago
  Yes that's bad but that's an Indian government problem, not a signal or other messenger app problem. And really, it sounds like there was a lot more going on with these people than just using a particular app. Discord and WhatsApp are mentioned too. India also bans most satellite phones by the way. I have one so I looked into that as to not get caught out travelling.
  • 2Gkashmiri 11d ago
    its not really. chat control, age gate means you will have this elsewhere
• Cider9986 12d ago
  And WhatsApp is E2EE with the same protocol so I don't see the big deal.
  • 2Gkashmiri 12d ago
    The big deal is, having talked to security people, they are "fine" with WhatsApp because the theory is, they get data from whatsapp so they have some sort of backdoor access. They are pretty chill with WhatsApp which id unexplainable
    • Cider9986 12d ago
      Maybe WhatsApp gives them a ton of metadata like all their contacts, when they chat and with who, IPs, etc. Signal only gives out either time registered or last used last time I checked.
      • mitxela 12d ago
        WhatsApp uploads decrypted chats to the cloud once a week.
        • Novosell 12d ago
          Source?
          • qmmmur 12d ago
            Have a look in the settings lol
        • shim__ 12d ago
          No need to enable the google backup
        • Cider9986 12d ago
          Only if you enable it and theres a clear checkbox to enable E2EE. They should check it by default but I doubt even majority of people do backups.
• s5300 12d ago
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• sans_souse 12d ago
  > And yes, using a VPN will get you knocked up as well. Well, damn.
  • thaumasiotes 12d ago
    For reference: In Britain, and presumably India: "get you knocked up" = "get your door knocked on". In the US: "get you knocked up" = "get you pregnant".
    • My_Name 12d ago
      In Britain it means get you pregnant too. Source : I'm British
      • thaumasiotes 12d ago
        Well, you're a better source than I am (for Britain). Is the "knock on the door" sense still available or has it been entirely displaced?
      • VGHN7XDuOXPAzol 12d ago
        But the meaning of 'knock at your door' is also correct. As in 'knocker-uppers' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up