• John Richard@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Sure, there are plenty of great reasons to use Signal… like if you want your private messages you’ve sent linked back to you via a phone number. No tool intended for maximum security is going to require you to provide a phone number, which is incredibly difficult to acquire in the US without some form of KYC metadata. But sure if you’ve never read Moxie’s blog to see he is obviously invested in Israel’s agenda, then go ahead.

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      21 hours ago

      Tox is the most secure messager I know of. Next is Briar. I consider Signal to be on the same level as Telegram.

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      4 days ago

      What on Earth does Signal requiring phone numbers have to do with Israel?

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          4 days ago

          You sound like a lunatic.

          “Ohhhh you’ll see! I can’t tell you what, how, when, or why, but oh will you alllllll see something, someday, somehow!”

          • John Richard@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            Right, cause clearly their push to use your biometric phone lock for encryption is so secure. If you at least want some security you won’t use the official app but one like Molly that has actual passphrase encryption, automatic locking, memory clearing & Orbot support.

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              4 days ago

              My signal has never asked for anything biometric. Where is this supposed to be happening?

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          4 days ago

          I’ve literally read the code for Signal’s double-ratchet protocol. It’s extremely high quality cryptography, written in Rust, open source, with several independent audits.

          The server code isn’t open, but we know they (used to?) use Intel SGX enclaves so the contact metadata is sealed from even the Signal Foundation. Admittedly SGX fell prey to a number of speculative execution attacks, but Signal had no way of foreseeing that.

          Also, Moxie hasn’t been involved since 2022.