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Re:Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, In... by bronco21016 on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:04PM (#19004281)
I certainly don’t mean to discount the importance of metadata. I specifically mentioned ensuring Signal fits your threat model.

To suggest that metadata of communication over Signal between my spouse and I will be used against my grand kids one day is a bit absurd though. Of course there’s tons of metadata connecting my spouse and I. It would be more suspicious if there wasn’t.

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Re:Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, In... by e12e on Saturday January 26, 2019 @05:05AM (#19005676)
Spouse, "family" and friends are different goalposts. Mapping friends and family is AFAIK a key part of who gets bombed by the cia. Sure, if your spouse is found to be an "enemy of the state" under a new totalitarian government - your immediate family will have problems.

If a friend turns out to be union organizer, you might be banned from jobs, if the government decides to collude with employers (again).

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