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Re:I don't trust Signal by ynniv on Thursday August 09, 2018 @10:36AM (#17724537)
What's the point of gaining traction if it doesn't deliver on its fundamental promise?
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Re:I don't trust Signal by ashooner on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:39PM (#17726472)
Because the theoretical possibility of being monitored on Signal is preferable to the near-certainty of being monitored on Facebook Messenger.
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Re:I don't trust Signal by ynniv on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:05PM (#17727992)
That's a strawman: you need to beat boring SMS and PSTN, not Facebook Messenger.
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Re:I don't trust Signal by ashooner on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:58PM (#17728448)
Until I started forcing them to when I quit Facebook, I had no acquaintances that used SMS, they all use FB Messenger. This is the problem.
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