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Because smart people in the cryptography community looked at the source code, which is available to everyone, and said that the people running it can't see what's being communicated.
Trust it if you want, or don't. It's still better than messaging apps that see everything you're saying.
Noice.
Just deleted my instagram account
How sure are we that signal is not compromised and truly free speech?
Assume everything is compromised until we have truly decentralized applications.
One can never be sure. Unless you're in a government blackout room, assume you're being watched
But it's better than any current alternative that I'm aware of
Who runs signal?
A nonprofit organization. It's headed by some liberals, but designed in a way that they can't see what's being communicated.
And we trust this why?
Because smart people in the cryptography community looked at the source code, which is available to everyone, and said that the people running it can't see what's being communicated.
Trust it if you want, or don't. It's still better than messaging apps that see everything you're saying.
Yeah, if they own the platform, we have to trust that they are doing what they say they do with the information. I don't know an alternative, however.
I mean if Elon uses it I'm sure it's alright, but these are things that should be considered
Telegram is an alternative
Yeah I've been unable to get registered
was it telegram or signal that people are trying to join?
I use Wire. It's good too.
What is signal?