TLDR: some government/military official added a reporter to a Signal group were some high profile people were discussing and sharing war plans. The app’s encryption is perfectly fine. It’s just clickbait.
They weren’t war plans. They were attack plans. /s 🤦♂️
genocide assisting murder plans
Its not click bait, its a great layman’s terms explanation of the app and what it does. This is the kind of article I would send to my parents who are basically tech illiterate when this topic inevitably arises. It also clarifies points that were poorly reported by other outlets, which is necessary to call out, especially in our current informational climate.
What about it is clickbait? That title is really upfront about signal’s encryption being fine.
True. For war plans use Tinder, or maybe Pinterest.
What’s wrong with the traditional war thunder comms?
Oh man, you got me there.
You surely meant Warthunder forums
Very informative article. By most measures, it is pretty terrific at encrypting messages and protecting your privacy, just not when it’s wielded by idiots.
I understand how the public key encryption works when you are messaging person to person. Does anyone know how it works with group chats?
Each participant is sent a separate copy of each message encrypted with their own key.
This is one way that signal differs from WhatsApp e2e in groups. In WhatsApp the server replicates the message out to all clients. It can’t read the message but it knows the recipient list. In Signal your phone sends the message several times, so only members of the group know who is in the group.
Ok, let’s pick the correct App for planning the rebellion.
Truth Social. That way, nobody will ever see the plans
And if anyone magically finds them, they’ll dismiss it as a crazy conspiracy
Bluesky, Lemmy, Revolt, Ghost, Spark, & Flashes apps. Diaspora, Zen Browser, & Raindrop too
Those each cover a different aspect that will empower everyone. We need a US Community on Revolt too not just Lemmy
We need a US Community on Revolt too not just Lemmy
Never heard of it before.
What’s the elevator pitch?
Alright here
- Reddit➡️Lemmy
- Twitter➡️Bluesky
- Discord➡️Revolt
Its an even better thing than Discord.
(They have an alternativeto.net entry that explains a lot more about them too. Also, AlternativeTo is a great resource to find more open-source (But you have to check online if it’s community-made or corporation owned) platforms/apps/websites/etc to switch to. Recommend using that too)
Positives:
- Values Privacy, Community, Collaboration, Discussions, & Freedom
- Open-Source
- Community-Made
- Allow you to have different profile pics per community you are in
- Can use bots without needing Premium
- There’s more once you use it to experience it and read their site
I say we make a U.S. Server on there to inform each other, inspire each other, take action, collaborate, & coordinate
That would be a great way for all of us to really get things going in real life & online. Also, to have different sections of the server dedicated to various issues:
- This whole mess with GOP fighting back on every level
- Making Protests Fun, & Effective. Connecting Social Events to Them, & having Goals for Each Protest (Get to know others to work with, building out better infrastructure, gettings things done, etc)
- Homelessness
- Walkable/social/fun/bikeable/transit infrastructure for cities and towns
- Building and Maintaining Community
- Collaboration with Allies
- Etc Etc
I would do it but don’t know how to run a community, & server
The app doesn’t matter. Wrong fucking network.
Absolutely right. Messages of the type they sent should never be on a public network whether they are encrypted or not.
