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   Degrowth or Extinction (ecosurrealism@jorts.horse)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:56:35 JST Degrowth or Extinction

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   Signal
   - is not open source
   - Is centrally controlled
   - doesn’t give you any option to verify their claims"
   - is fairly hostile to any other clients"
   - took money from the US Government"
   - seems to have a lot of strong and emotional advocates"
   - requires a phone number
   - exposes the phone numbers of members in any group chat.

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     Degrowth or Extinction (ecosurrealism@jorts.horse)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:56:36 JST Degrowth or Extinction

     origins of signal: https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia

     dont trust signal: https://blog.dijit.sh/i-don-t-trust-signal/

     weirdest stunt of signal till today, no hacker claims their hack with identity.. even less with a company.
     https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/04/in-epic-hack-signal-developer-turns-the-tables-on-forensics-firm-cellebrite/

     tbf: the internet was created by DARPA from the US militar. but... signal is really dubious stuff, not only from a technical point of view, but also from a philosphical, and ethical point of view

     #signal #infosec #chat

     Robert Link repeated this.