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Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by junon on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:44PM (#26904861)
Firstly, never has it been a requirement to "jam the surveillance state" to be a user of Signal. That's absolutely bananas.

Did you read the text at the bottom of the post? They are randomly installing malware on users' devices to break or harm or otherwise self-destruct when Cellebrite machines read them.

I'm not speaking for myself. I would opt in personally. I'm speaking for my mother who just wants a secure and reliable line of communication with her son without being pulled into some offensive scheme that could land HER in trouble or cause damages.

If something is broken or destroyed without user knowledge or understanding or consent, you better believe Signal will see court cases.

Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by quitethelogic on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:59PM (#26905037)
The exploit targets Cellebrite, not Signal's own software. Cellebrite is running on the machine doing the extracting and not the device containing the original data.

It's entirely possible that I'm wrong and this will cause your phone to explode, but if you don't trust the Signal developers enough to assume they won't intentionally explode your phone, you probably shouldn't be using their product.

Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by junon on Saturday April 24, 2021 @01:16AM (#26922434)
I understand this. I'm saying my mother shouldn't be on the hook for her phone bricking a celebrity device used in good faith.
Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by jamespo on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:53PM (#26904975)
there are plenty of other options than Signal, vote with your feet
Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by junon on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:55PM (#26904995)
Name another privacy respecting application that can do calling and video between two phones with e2ee and is simple enough for a 65 year old non-tech-savvy woman to use. I'll switch her over immediately.
Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by gergely on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:02PM (#26905073)
Viber, Telegram?
Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by junon on Saturday April 24, 2021 @01:16AM (#26922429)
Telegram is a joke, it constantly gets censored in countries with totalitarian regimes.
Re:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Crackin... by mmmmmbop on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:00PM (#26905055)
Threema.