- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
“We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)
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I take that as a compelling recommendation for Signal.
You could also take it to mean that it’s compromised by the west.
This means it’s working.
That’s a glowing recommendation of Signal. And a good reminder to donate. I’m doing it right now.
Client/Server apps will do that in hostile countries, that’s why people are moving to decentralized messaging platforms such as Matrix
Matrix is nice
Matrix lacks metadata encryption
Is it really that big of a deal? I thought it was only being exposed to room members.
Unencrypted means that it’s not just exposed to participants of the conversation, but also the server, as well as anyone who tries to snoop in on the conversation.
Oh, okay. Message contents are still safe right?
Yes, but metadata is still important.
We Kill People Based on Metadata
– Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA
Worth highlighting that Telegram in Russia and WhatsApp in Venezuela - both with vastly larger user bases than Signal - are not blocked…
But they are not as secure as Signal
Believe that’s the point.
