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Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago

Next up:

Signal getting banned in US govt
Signal getting banned in the US
Signal servers seized, devs detained
Signal protocol repos removed from M$hub

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For the people who want to use Signal but are stuck in WhatsApp land because all their contacts are on WhatsApp, you should download WhatsApp business and create an automated away message that says that you are only available via Signal and with a link to your Signal account (if you use a Signal username. ) People in my contacts are slowly switching to Signal.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I did something similar with Twilio. When you call or text my number you get a message about how to reach me. The Twilio SDKs are pretty good. It's just a few lines of code.

[–] commander@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Signal has been with me for a decade. Have had Matrix/Element installed for years but no one i know uses it

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 122 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Ironically having a giant security breach happen in a security focused messaging app was good advertising.

Of course in this instance the breach was not because of the app, which is a good thing I guess.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"When something is made idiot-proof, they will just make better idiots."

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[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People hoping to get randomly added to war chats lol

[–] doug@lemmy.today 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i'm more curious about getting on their venmo friend list.

"hey, it's uh, vlad. i need 200k for the um, rigging of the midterms in uh, wisconsin. thank you."

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Just send like a request for a few thousand dollars and put the description entirely I'm Russian lol

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

I would ruin it by posting my balls immediately

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Good. It's the only encrypted channel I trust right now.

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