Re:How Signal's design contributed to the U.S. war plans leak
by duxup on Thursday April 10, 2025 @12:10PM
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I feel like that article wants to have its cake and eat it too.
It's using an example where ... Signal shouldn't have even been used. That's not a good gateway to talk about Signal.
Re:How Signal's design contributed to the U.S. war plans leak
by moograms on Thursday April 10, 2025 @05:14PM
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Fair point. But it's a gray area because "should" only gets you so far. At some point, you have to start assessing their design against what's actually happening in the real world.
I'd feel better about Signal's role in this if they made it clearer in their comms that they understand they shouldn't be used.
"Maybe better to blame the government itself, which is a system, too. We can and should hold it accountable for securing its messaging, whether that means holding its people accountable or improving its own secure apps.
But this post is about the Signal side."
It is possible to have a world where (a) He shouldn't have been using Signal and (b) The wrong person was added to the chat because of Signal's design.
As a citizen, (a) is more important than (b).
As a UI designer, (a) is really not your field, but you can learn something from (b).
For this blog post, the author's putting on their "UI designer hat" and discussing (b).