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Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service (www.disruptionist.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] Stovetop 36 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Didn't Signal get big after Musk endorsed it? What gives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yup. I started using it in part because of his tweet

[–] jqubed 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but then last year he started saying it had known vulnerabilities that weren’t being fixed, around the same time Telegram was attacking Signal’s credibility. I seem to remember him outright endorsing Telegram but have only done a quick search and that hasn’t popped up.

[–] carrylex 18 points 3 days ago

saying there are unspecified "known vulnerabilities" within Signal

His source: Trust me bro

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Not really. It's still not big. It definitely got bigger after he supported it though.