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Re:EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app by stingraycharles on Monday February 24, 2020 @05:24AM (#22402944)
This is the “perfect solution fallacy”; just because Signal doesn’t check all the boxes, doesn’t mean it isn’t an improvement over the existing situation. Secure communications is the immediate goal, nation sovereignty secondary.

Looking at the other comments, the European alternatives don’t look very secure, so it looks like they prioritized security here.

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Re:EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app by feanaro on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:39AM (#22403528)
> Looking at the other comments, the European alternatives don’t look very secure, so it looks like they prioritized security here.

In what way are Wire and Matrix not very secure, though?

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Re:EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app by Dahoon on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:49AM (#22403571)
To be secure step one should always be "Pick a service not controlled by your adversaries' law or intelligence community". Skipping step one has nothing to do with a perfect solution fallacy but is more like "Pissing in your pants for warmth".

A half-broken service would be better than one under US control as the US is the one doing the most snooping on EU. Getting everyone to switch if Signal ever stops being secure would be way harder than to pick a better service now and help secure it.

Matrix would be a better choice for one. Saying EU services isn't secure is hyperbole.

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