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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia
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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2024
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WhatsApp supposedly uses Signal protocol.
Why is THAT not blocked? Certainly they wouldnt roll their own encryption and bypass Signal security protocols after having Moxie come in, right? Right????
Russia is reportedly planning to block WhatsApp as well.
It is owned by Meta and is proprietary