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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[+] [email protected] -13 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Smart move, considering Signal is a US-hosted centralized service that has to comply with US NSL laws.

These comments below seem to be unaware of all the issues privacy advocates have of signal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Signal has strong cryptographic protocols that are not easily broken. It pioneered the use of double ratchet encryption. (Different keys for each message)

It does expose phone numbers to Signal and the US government but that may or may no be a concern depending on what your threat model is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

they hated him because he spoke the truth smh

use matrix, briar, simplex in that order

also what email platforms + vpns do you recommend, out of curiosity?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Matrix isn't as good as Simplex Chat. Briar is good as it is very hard to censor but it does use battery and requires you to be only all the time. (unless you count Briar mailbox)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

sure, simplex is very private, but its also a pain in the ass to use currently. i feel like matrix makes a decent tradeoff between easy use and privacy

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