Re:Why I won't recommend Signal anymore
by jhasse on Sunday November 06, 2016 @05:22AM
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It's nearly impossible to find out. But if I trust corporations like Google not to exploit the possibilities, I wouldn't be looking for an open-source alternative to WhatsApp in the first place.
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Signal is not positioned as a tool for possible TAO targets. Never was, and never will be. Don't use it and please stop spreading the FUD.
> Signal is not positioned as a tool for possible TAO targets. Never was, and never will be.
Eh, that’s exactly what it is currently advertised as.
A tool, supported by Snowden, to be used by journalists who are at risk of being under active surveillance by state actors.
That is the very definition of a TAO target.
Re:Why I won't recommend Signal anymore
by jospoortvliet on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:24AM
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You shouldn't use a smartphone if you expect to be TAO. Even the hardware could be compromised. Use a laptop with Linux for anything anyone might want to track...
Re:Why I won't recommend Signal anymore
by kuschku on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @10:01AM
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Then why is Moxie advertising with Snowden the Signal app as communication for TAO targets?
And for non-TAO targets, WhatsApp is just as good as Signal – the users won’t read the source code anyway, and in both cases President Trump gets your social graph.
What exactly is a TAO target?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations
Aka NSA's "we really need to get access to this device and will fund diverting backbone traffic / writing firmware malware / whatever else we need to in order to get it" team(s).
Tailored Access Operations from the NSA