r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Feb 17 '25

Social Media X is blocking links to Signal

https://www.theverge.com/news/613997/x-blocks-signal-me-links-errors
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Oh signal is for sure going to be targeted soon, “they are doing illegal things on it, must be banned” = can’t have the proletariat be talking to each other in a way we can’t monitor.

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u/VeeDubBug Feb 17 '25

My sister has already spouted off on how the pedos and terrorists are using Signal after mom tried getting the family moved over to it.

I pointed out, well if encryption is the concern, isn't that a glowing review of the app?

She didn't like that. 💀😂 She then brought up how bad Discord is too.

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u/vintageballs Feb 17 '25

Well discord really is bad though. Not encrypted, dubious data use in the past.

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u/gamemaster257 Feb 17 '25

Source on dubious data use?

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u/DarkOverLordCO Feb 17 '25

Discord is not end-to-end encrypted (except for maybe voice channels, they're experimenting with e2ee for that), but they do still use encryption - both in transit (via HTTPS/TLS) and at rest.

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u/DM_ME_PICKLES Feb 17 '25

Not sure this really worth pointing out. It’s 2025, TLS should be a given. Shouldn’t even need to be mentioned as some kind of feature. When people talk about encryption in chat apps they mean E2E encryption. 

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u/BuzzBadpants Feb 17 '25

Well it’s in their TOS. Anything you share on their platform becomes their property to do what they want with

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u/haarschmuck Feb 17 '25

That’s not how it works.

Every platform has that clause because without it they could not display your content on the platform. You’re giving them a license to display the content on the platform however the copyright does not transfer from you to them.

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u/knowsshit Feb 18 '25

It is not end-to-end encrypted, but it is encrypted.