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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (www.wired.com)

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[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not very tech-savvy, and that article looks very nice, but it's kind of old and it's true that they haven't been as transparent (and frequently audited) as other services and they still require a phone number to set up an account, even if you can switch to only using a username later. Also, they removed encrypted database, and Molly brings that back which is the main reason I use it. Another thing I don't like about Signal is how ferociously they've tried to shut down forks in the past, and how they don't say that you need Google Play Services for it to work properly. Sadly it's the only "privacy-conscious" service I've managed to make most of my family and friends use, after trying for years.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

They only shut down forks that violate Signal branding. Mozilla does the same thing with Firefox.

It is libre so if you fork it there is nothing they can do. Also if they were really hostile they would of used a non libre license or made it entirely proprietary.