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  • Is there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wire

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  • which still use Google services.

  • [Opinion / Technology] Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy [Chris Berg | Aug 29, 2024 | crikey.com.au]

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  • Russia tried for years to ban Telegram. They stopped after Telegram managed to keep itself alive by proxies.

  • [Opinion / Technology] Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy [Chris Berg | Aug 29, 2024 | crikey.com.au]

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  • Free speech is good. Government regulated speech is bad.

  • [Opinion / Technology] Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy [Chris Berg | Aug 29, 2024 | crikey.com.au]

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  • Well, except Telegram isn’t a good tool for privacy.

    If Telegram wasn't good for privacy, Western governments would not be trying to shut it down.

    E2EE is nice, but doesn't matter if the government can just sieze or hack your phone. Much better to use non-Western social media and messaging apps.

  • [Opinion / Technology] Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy [Chris Berg | Aug 29, 2024 | crikey.com.au]

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  • They also allow known criminal activity to thrive.

    Most scammers I have seen are operating out of Facebook or Instagram.

  • EU investigating if Telegram played down user numbers to avoid regulation | Ars Technica

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  • I know Telegram is good, because every Western government is trying to shut it down.

  • Surreal Convergence

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  • Model: flux1-Dev-NF4-V2

    The new Flux models are insanely good. Much better than SDXL or Dall-E

  • [Opinion / Technology] Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy [Chris Berg | Aug 29, 2024 | crikey.com.au]

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  • Governments want to make it illegal to have privacy. Durov's arrest was one of the many steps they are taking in that direction.

  • Is there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wire

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  • Because Google's monopoly on the appstore is just great, right?

  • Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app

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  • I love lemmy, but it's irrelevant on the big picture. Same with Signal.

  • Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements

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  • I don't mind paying for software and I regularly donate to open source projects. The problem is that most corporate software is closed and I don't have the freedom to use it as I wish.

  • Is there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wire

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  • Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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  • If you have a backdoored client, then you would naturally object to third party clients :)

  • Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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  • Some of my favourite red flags:

    Signal's dependence on Google libraries: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issuecomment-535194837

    Signal dev bullshitting a non-answer and then hilariously refuting his non-answer: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issuecomment-534340623

    Signal hiding its serverside source code for many months: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/11101

    You can find many more examples.

    The last one about server side code, together with Signal's funding sources and their obsession with phone numbers code leads me to suspect that Signal is just a honeypot by US intelligence.

  • Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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  • Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app

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  • Nobody is coming after Signal because nobody uses Signal. Telegram has a user base of almost 1 billion.

  • Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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  • Those clients exist despite Signal Foundation, not because they encourage community development. They are doing everything they can to discourage third party app development.

  • Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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  • If you backdoored your client, then you will naturally oppose anyone else who develops a client.

  • Is there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wire

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  • Signal is nowhere close to being popular.

    Telegram has almost 1 billion users, which is why governments are unhappy with it. Signal is a niche toy for a very small number of people.