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Re:I don't trust Signal by qznc on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:12PM (#17726153)
> Truly secure systems don’t require trust.

Security is something which only makes sense in relation to an attacker model. Only after you specified that, then we can discuss if something is secure or not.

Signal is not secure if the NSA is after you. Signal is secure if your Chinese competitor is after your business data. Signal is secure if you are a journalist in Turkey.

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Re:I don't trust Signal by tabletopneedle on Thursday August 09, 2018 @06:19PM (#17729058)
Remember that OTR, Cryptocat and PGP were secure enough when Snowden was agreeing about handing data to Greenwald and Poitras. So while Signal isn't secure if you're NSA's target, it might be secure enough to protect you from passive threat scanning.
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