• Benjaben@lemmy.world
      51·
      10 months ago

      That’s good advice, though I may have heard concerning stuff about Signal recently? Maybe not, kinda hard to keep up with everything.

      By and large though I think it’s wise for folks who could end up targets to do what you’re saying, and to get safe communications operational at a minimum, now, while it’s still easy to do.

      I have some skepticism about whether the worst will come to pass, but it’s wise to prepare in ways like this.

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        9·
        10 months ago

        Every time people find a supposed security flaws with signal it turns out to be nothing, so signal is probably fine.

        • Benjaben@lemmy.world
          4·
          10 months ago

          Good enough for me, and ultimately “good enough” is about as good as anything is gonna get.

        • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it has been decrypted

          I don’t think we need this sort of fear-mongering. Signal’s encryption is fully open source, it has been vetted by cryptographers far more experienced with this stuff than you or I. They even introduced, a few years back, an encryption algorithm that’s future-proof against quantum computing.

          All you are doing is potentially pushing people away from one of the few known-safe options. That’s the opposite of helpful.

        • Benjaben@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          Thanks for the info on Signal. I’m under no illusions about the severity of our situation, truly. I know our history, and I know the history of fascism elsewhere. And I see what’s happening in front of us.

      • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
        32·
        10 months ago

        I have some skepticism about whether the worst will come to pass,

        saving this

        • Benjaben@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          I just mean the literal very worst. I’m not downplaying the situation.