Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

  • The Hobbyist
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    7 hours ago

    Are you implying that Signal is withholding information from the Californian Government? And only providing the full extent of their data to the government?

    This comes back to the earlier point that there is no proof Signal even has more data than they have shared.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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      7 hours ago

      If you don’t know what an NSL is, then you definitely shouldn’t be speaking about privacy.

      • The Hobbyist
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        6 hours ago

        It’s unfortunate that you react like this. I don’t claim to be an expert, never have. I’ve only been asking for evidence, but all we get to are assumptions and they all seem to stem from the fact that allegedly the CIA has indirectly funded Signal (I’m not disputing nor validating it).

        The concern is valid, and it has caused a lot of distrust in many companies due to the Snowden leaks, but that distrust is founded in the leaks. But so far there is no evidence that Signal is part of any of it. And given the continued endorsement by security experts, I’m inclined in trusting them.