I don’t know if I’m opening a can of worms here, and I’m still trying to backtrack a lot of history where I was tuning everything out. I keep seeing random swipes at Signal (or the representatives (?)), and I was wondering whether they are founded or just lies.Is it another situation like Lemmy where we just “take the technology and move on”? Thanks!

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    208 days ago

    The problem is that most people don’t want multiple text apps, they just want one. I had gotten a number of people using signal, and it was secure when we talked, but when signal dropped SMS, almost every one of them stopped using it, so then none of their conversations were secure.

    • @zergtoshi
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      28 days ago

      Yeah, the never-ending weighting between convenience and security.
      But are you going to tell me that those people don’t have Whatsapp, Threema, Telegram or any other IM installed and just use plain SMS instead?

      • @FinnFooted
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        16 days ago

        Americans do a lot of SMS.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        27 days ago

        Yep, just the default messaging app on their phone.