I have some skepticism about whether the worst will come to pass.
Homosexuality has been illegal in the not too distant past as has “sodomy”
I thought I also saw something about signal being an issue as well but I didn’t remember what the problem was. They did recently introduce usernames and the ability to keep your phone number secret. You still have to use a phone number to create an account. It’s also the app that is targeted the most by nation-states trying to decrypt it. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it has been decrypted but they wouldn’t use that to go after the average person and only use it to spy on other countries.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it has been decrypted
I don’t think we need this sort of fear-mongering. Signal’s encryption is fully open source, it has been vetted by cryptographers far more experienced with this stuff than you or I. They even introduced, a few years back, an encryption algorithm that’s future-proof against quantum computing.
All you are doing is potentially pushing people away from one of the few known-safe options. That’s the opposite of helpful.
Thanks for the info on Signal. I’m under no illusions about the severity of our situation, truly. I know our history, and I know the history of fascism elsewhere. And I see what’s happening in front of us.
Homosexuality has been illegal in the not too distant past as has “sodomy”
I thought I also saw something about signal being an issue as well but I didn’t remember what the problem was. They did recently introduce usernames and the ability to keep your phone number secret. You still have to use a phone number to create an account. It’s also the app that is targeted the most by nation-states trying to decrypt it. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it has been decrypted but they wouldn’t use that to go after the average person and only use it to spy on other countries.
I don’t think we need this sort of fear-mongering. Signal’s encryption is fully open source, it has been vetted by cryptographers far more experienced with this stuff than you or I. They even introduced, a few years back, an encryption algorithm that’s future-proof against quantum computing.
All you are doing is potentially pushing people away from one of the few known-safe options. That’s the opposite of helpful.
Thanks for the info on Signal. I’m under no illusions about the severity of our situation, truly. I know our history, and I know the history of fascism elsewhere. And I see what’s happening in front of us.