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We as a community must stop recommending Signal. For far too long we have blindly followed this app without a second thought. It has created a cult of followers, when there are much better apps out there for us to use.

https://archive.is/Lhe24 archive for the essay

This essay was posted to r/Privacy and subsequently removed and censored for literally No Reason. This is honestly really scary: https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/wj5svi/signal_messenger_revealed_to_have_cia_ties_funded/ https://archive.ph/FZr1d

I am seriously hoping we can have a discussion about this on lemmy. @TheAnonymouseJoker , I know you from r/PrivateLife, and thought you'd be the one to go to about this. Thanks for being open in the past and not bowing to the inner circle of reddit cringelords.

I also am preparing an essay of my own about a complicit honeypot-ish web going on between Signal, Skiff, r/Privacy, r/PrivacyGuides, etc. They have a crazy little cabal that is very creepy. Any materials are welcome. Every time i turn over a stone i find two more. More to come.

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[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yep! Signal is the only decent privacy-oriented messaging app available right now, which can also be used easily the non-techy masses.

[–] Unlucky_Boot3467@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

hey can you propose some alternatives i might look into?

[–] Unlucky_Boot3467@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The essay gives some. Also look into Session Messenger.

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Not usable for the masses imo, Session has always had an issue with dropped message notifications.