• 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.