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/josh_the_misanthrope Feb 17 '25

That's why we use open source stuff like Signal, and why you should verify signatures of compiled binaries I'd you don't want to compile from source yourself.

While it's not impossible to introduce a weakness in open source, it's a lot more difficult because there are so many eyes on it. It would be like committing a crime in time square on NYE.

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u/TbonerT Feb 17 '25

While it's not impossible to introduce a weakness in open source, it's a lot more difficult because there are so many eyes on it. It would be like committing a crime in time square on NYE.

This isn’t always the case. Many high-profile flaws have been found that were introduced years earlier.

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u/rpkarma Feb 17 '25

You’re right, but the we’re found! That’s more than we can say for a lot of closed source versions.