SMH @ activists using techno-fascist platforms for communications during an operation subject to state-actor level interference. I thought we recognised and acknowledged this problem 15-20 years ago already.

https://xcancel.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1965431513320927706

Screenshot of twitter post by craig murray proxied by a nitter instance. " Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg 21m I was on a whatsapp group with members on the Global Sumud flotilla and their supporters around Europe. Whatsapp appear to have disabled the whole group chat.  Sep 9, 2025 · 3:06 PM UTC"
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think a lot of non-techie people only know signal from the Trump admin using it illegally earlier in the year. In a lot of people's minds because of that they think Signal = insecure because they don't get the nuances of why using it in that specific context -- on personal phones, using a third party app, with a random journalist in the mix -- was bad, but that for most people it's still one of the best options. WhatsApp on the other hand has a lot of marketing around it and if you didn't know that Meta is Facebook I think some people wouldn't even realise who the owners are.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I had a friend who heard signal was backdoored and that a regular old cell call was more secure. Had to correct that

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    wasn't it telegram that got hacked?
    also i vaguely remember the signal ceo getting sued or something because they couldn't/wouldn't let some government body read someone's messages, because it's encrypted

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