A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

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    5 months ago

    You have to trust someone with these communications, there is no free communication beyond face to face

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        5 months ago

        How do you call a landline number in a war zone through a matrix server?

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          I was simply responding to the comment:

          You have to trust someone with these communications, there is no free communication beyond face to face

          the oh-so-clever smart alecks saying “whaddabout ISPs???” forgot about 2-way radio and meshnets

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          Threema is what signal should have been.

          But I ain’t got in me to start forcing people again lol

          Signal it is until it is proven untrustworthy

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            Yeah, they’re both good (still).

            features Threema Signal
            price $5 / 5€ Free
            account creation phone number optional phone number required
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          They didn’t fuck up, they made a design choice about the scope of the app. Are they also fucking up by not blurring the messages on screen? After all someone could be looking over your shoulder without you realizing it. Maybe Signal should ship with spyglasses.

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            You’re absolutely right and it’s insane I keep coming across these wild takes from people that clearly don’t understand technology

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            I’m not sure why you think anyone would want a messenger that touts itself for its encryption to not encrypt things.

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                Then it’s weird they are fixing it now. Why aren’t they insisting this doesn’t need to be dealt with because it was a feature, not a bug?

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                  It’s weird that apps sometimes change scope and add features that users want? Ones that contributers already did most of the work for?

                  Why aren’t they insisting this doesn’t need to be dealt with because it was a feature, not a bug?

                  That was literally what they have been saying this whole fucking time.

                  “The database key was never intended to be a secret. At-rest encryption is not something that Signal Desktop is currently trying to provide or has ever claimed to provide,” responded the Signal employee.

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                    Did they make an intentional design choice which users should have been okay with like you said the first time or is this a feature users wanted? It can’t be both.

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                  It’s really fucking annoying how relentlessly you pick fights with people these days. Wish you’d chill out dude.

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                    Or I’m just speaking my mind and you don’t agree.

                    And aren’t you picking as fight with me right now?

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            That wouldn’t shock me, but he was right that Signal was not addressing a known vulnerability. In fact, denying that it even was a vulnerability.

            For what it’s worth, I trust Telegram even less than Signal. And at least Signal seems to be finally doing something about the problem.