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/UGH-ThatsAJackdaw Feb 17 '25

Really? its about the only quality messaging tool if you actually care about privacy. Other apps that claim to be e2e encrypted tend to leave themselves little loopholes in that claim. You think WhatsApp doesnt have the keys to your messages and wont hand them over to the government when asked? Think again. On Signal the only people with the encryption keys to your messages are you and the recipient.

Signal doesnt fuck around with Law Enforcement:

https://signal.org/bigbrother/

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u/housustaja Feb 17 '25

You forgot to mention the most important part:

Signal is made by a NONPROFIT organization. It does not gain any advantage by selling your data (which it doesn't do unlike Whatsapp etc)

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u/FlowersPaintings Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Both Swedish government officials and now the Swedish defence force use it officially since it's so secure!

I'm sure there are other examples out there.

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u/rizzeau Feb 17 '25

Also Dutch government. I installed it when I did a project there, for (group) communication. That was already in 2017/2018.

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u/housustaja Feb 17 '25

God damn sometimes I can't feel anything but pride in how we roll in the Nordic countries <3