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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yes because the US does not want you useing a central server in its jurisdiction so it can force the organistation to give out all the meta data while not being alowed to alert anyone. How dare you use something that could give the US so much information in one easy package

[–] fira959@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You clearly have no clue how the internet or signal works. There is no information on signal servers that arent already available through the telcos, litterally zero

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did I say the prefrence was to use normal telecomunication providers? or that the internet in general where super secure, no, but Signal is not secure either, and it in all likelyhood a honey pot

[–] fira959@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

There is no reason to assume that based on the fact that they do not posess any information on their servers that would not be available to authorities anyway. You are making up nonesense based on your own delusions.