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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by distances on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:59AM (#22334330)
> But I don’t really care how Signal added cute stickers or optimized image showing.

That's maybe true for privacy enthusiasts. You severely underestimate the need for these cutesy features when targeting mass market though. I claim stickers are much more important for that than data exporting.

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by dejj on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:15AM (#22334780)
> cutesy features

Personally, I don't care much for features supporting cyber-grooming. What's the point of using cutesy features to attract users who don't care about security, just so someone else can _securely_ cyber-groom them?

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by distances on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:43AM (#22335567)
Are you somehow equating stickers and grooming? That takes quite a leap of imagination.

Stickers aren't targeting young audiences in any sense. It's very weird to draw such conclusions just if you're not using them yourself (if that's the case).

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by meowface on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:16AM (#22335423)
Can you elaborate? I'm not totally sure what you're defining "cyber-grooming" as here.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by codewiz on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:24AM (#22335464)
The point is: if those users don't use Signal, you're forced to use another IM when you want to communicate with them.
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