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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“A lot of very smart people pay attention to both the Signal Protocol and the Signal apps to ensure they are operating as intended,” EFF’s @Thorin told The New York Times’ Wirecutter.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/signal-secure-messaging-app/

Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World

Why Signal Is Still Our Favorite Secure Messaging App (And Why No Messaging App Is Perfectly Secure)

Signal’s approach to end-to-end encryption makes it especially safe for sending messages. We have some tips on how to use it, and why no messaging app is perfect.
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@ricferrer@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@eff @Thorin it’s a good start but it’s still centralized and vulnerable to censorship. Signal is blocked or restricted in China, Iran, Egypt, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Russia, Cuba, Uzbekistan

Decentralized and federated is better!

Go for #matrixorg and support a homeserver near you or self-host if you can.
https://matrix.org

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Shankar 🇮🇳
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@ChunkieRamos@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@eff @Thorin Pardon my ignorance, but they've last been independently audited in 2016/17. Yes, the app and the protocol are open source, but what about their servers? Should they be conducting periodic audits to say that they're still not compromised?

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@htpcnz@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@eff @Thorin fElon is like that stock guy on cnbc, whatever he says... almost always opposite is true. So when it comes to Signal vs Telegram, use whatever fElon disses.

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LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺
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@lexinova@cyberplace.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@eff @Thorin they are complicit of US attrocities by continuing paying hyperscaler.

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@AquilaFM@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@eff Signal is like the friend you trust.

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@Zander@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@eff @Thorin I just wish they would improve their Linux desktop application better.

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