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"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

As I commented below, US security forces aren't that interested in message content anyway, since they don't have time to parse through every message to construct meaning. Signal does require your phone number tho, as well as message timestamps, meaning they can build social graphs of real people. Tons of metadata living on a single US-based server.

[โ€“] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

It doesn't matter if it is US based. You shouldn't trust the server.

Signal has known issues. That doesn't mean it is entirely bad though. Saying things like Signal is insecure is simply untrue. It has weaknesses but it also has the benefit of protecting your messages completely and being well established.