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Apple is likely to stop providing its encrypted cloud service to U.K. users

I currently use Telegram for my friends and family, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the UK Government is either reaching agreement for backdoors with messaging services, or is trying its hardest to.

I’m also on Element/Matrix. Before I try to get my contacts to join me on there, should I be aware of any privacy issues or is that a good place to head?

  • moxEnglish
    -2•30 days ago

    Indeed. Tucked away in a corner of their web site, where it isn’t easy to find unless someone else guides you to it, below a large bold warning that discourages people from actually using it:

    Danger zone

    This ensures that nearly nobody uses that build. Consequently, almost all chats on Signal will have an app store build running on at least one endpoint.

    • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼English
      1•25 days ago

      below a large bold warning that discourages people from actually using it

      Yeah, because an APK downloaded from the web isn’t automatically verified. You need to perform the verification of the package manually, which most users probably won’t do. So it’s safer to download a build from the Play Store, which does this automatically in the background.