[MeganC]

Any online service is not secure. Period.

[ponygirl]

A few years ago, a friend was telling me about Signal and that I should sign up. My response was, “If they’re telling you that it can’t be tracked, isn’t that kind of a red flag that you’re being tracked? Tell you what… if you have anything super-secret to tell me, call me and we’ll go for a walk without our phones.”

[higgmeister]

My forty year career in telecommunications allowed me to know there is no such thing as secure encryption.   For the record, in the USAF I operated TS NSA crypto gear.   This puts my understanding into overdrive.

[Bob Wills is still the king]

Regardless of his politics, Chomsky wrote about this practice in “Manufacturing Consent” over 30 years ago. There’s no reason to think it’s not happening here.

[montag813]

Is Telegram better?

[steve86]

The real story is not about Signal (which I use), it is about Katherine Maher. Read the City Journal articles about her and think about it every time you use Wikipedia.