He got mad at me for texting him an anti-CCP joke (both US Phone Numbers)
He’s right to be concerned. You should be using Signal far any communication you don’t want sucked into a mass-surveillance system (i.e. most communication). He might not want to have Signal installed when he enters China though.
Okay so obviously the government is in the wrong, but texting him about it does seem in bad taste. We aren’t in the 90s anymore, you should at least try to be careful. They definitely can get access to what you are texting. I have trouble trusting even a VPN, personally.
My family are former Chinese nationals.
Supposedly if you say bad stuff about the PRC government / CCP, they could go after your family members.
My brother is planing to visit China in the near future.
He got mad at me for texting him an anti-CCP joke (both US Phone Numbers) (he’s also ideologically anti-CCP tho).
He accused me of intentionally trying to cause trouble for him.
He’s right to be concerned. You should be using Signal far any communication you don’t want sucked into a mass-surveillance system (i.e. most communication). He might not want to have Signal installed when he enters China though.
Okay so obviously the government is in the wrong, but texting him about it does seem in bad taste. We aren’t in the 90s anymore, you should at least try to be careful. They definitely can get access to what you are texting. I have trouble trusting even a VPN, personally.