Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?
Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?
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Why? Because the Dutch national broadcasters keep plugging it as an alternative to Whatsapp.
Aside... Two apps keep getting mentioned as alternatives, Signal and Element/Matrix, but in MHRO both are not viable as replacements.
Signal: still a US app, CIA funded, provides their encryption backbone to Whatsapp, recommended by governments & FBI. Matrix/Element: Developed in Israel, with ties to IDF, preferred by NATO (NI2CE)
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IDGAF who funds it or who develops it.
- E2E encrypted
- security review by independent party I trust which says there are no holes or bugs
- open source
Those three things are all that matters.
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Signal is funded by the CIA now ? And I thought Element is in the UK?
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Signal does seem to have some ties to the CIA
There seems to be a completely different Israeli company called matrix. I can't find any link between the two.
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Maybe OP means that the Matrix protocol is created by an Israeli company.
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Just FYI:
If you want to say "both are not", you can instead use "neither".
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Yes you can, both are correct.
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you are neither correct nor right.
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you’re spreading lies lies lies FUD
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Signal: still a US app, CIA funded
Honestly, this gives me more confidence in it. The CIA is very interested in keeping its people safe, so if they're using it, its in their interest to ensure it's secure. If they do put in a backdoor, I happen to be a US citizen so I'm unlikely to be a target since the CIA is all about surveillance on outsiders (FBI is domestic). FBI and Signal rarely agree, but they agree that Signal is great, so I think that's a pretty strong endorsement.
Add to that Edward Snowden recommends it, and he's certainly an enemy of both the CIA and the FBI at this point.
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I happen to be a US citizen so I’m unlikely to be a target since the CIA is all about surveillance on outsiders (FBI is domestic)
All of that's off the table now with Trump in power. It's more than likely the CIA will be deployed against domestic targets.
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I think that's unlikely, but even assuming it is, if spooks use a security/privacy tool, it's probably pretty good.
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