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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by fer0n to c/[email protected]

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“We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it really that big of a deal? I thought it was only being exposed to room members.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unencrypted means that it's not just exposed to participants of the conversation, but also the server, as well as anyone who tries to snoop in on the conversation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, okay. Message contents are still safe right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, but metadata is still important.

We Kill People Based on Metadata

– Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA