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Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by machinawhite on Thursday October 13, 2022 @04:32AM (#33188626)
Pretending like Signal is the second coming of Christ and implying that Telegram and all else is insecure and for dumb idiots and may have had something to do with it
Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by godelski on Thursday October 13, 2022 @12:37PM (#33193363)
That's far from what is happening. Everyone is complaining about Signal, including me.

Telegram gets a lot of shit because they prop themselves up as a privacy app but aren't. The default is that things are not encrypted. They use a proprietary encryption scheme. They store user data on their servers. These are not the marks of a privacy app.

Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by machinawhite on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @05:13AM (#33244758)
Thanks for letting me know what I think? And we're all aware of Telegram shortcomings here, it was an example and correct me if im wrong but this thread is about Signal?

I explained how imo Signal has burned the goodwill of a some of its early adopters. Meaning not recommending it to my friends and buying my mom an iPhone. Now there's an argument to be made that it's not very smart to dismiss the app, but that's what happened.

I'd be very surprised if they manage to salvage its image at this point