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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (www.theverge.com)

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“We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)

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[–] atimehoodie@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago

This means it's working.

[–] rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

That's a glowing recommendation of Signal. And a good reminder to donate. I'm doing it right now.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

Client/Server apps will do that in hostile countries, that's why people are moving to decentralized messaging platforms such as Matrix

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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Matrix is nice

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Matrix lacks metadata encryption

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[–] siliconfire@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is it really that big of a deal? I thought it was only being exposed to room members.

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Unencrypted means that it's not just exposed to participants of the conversation, but also the server, as well as anyone who tries to snoop in on the conversation.

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[–] siliconfire@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Oh, okay. Message contents are still safe right?

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

Yes, but metadata is still important.

We Kill People Based on Metadata

– Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Worth highlighting that Telegram in Russia and WhatsApp in Venezuela - both with vastly larger user bases than Signal - are not blocked...

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[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

But they are not as secure as Signal

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Believe that's the point.

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I take that as a compelling recommendation for Signal.

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[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You could also take it to mean that it's compromised by the west.

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