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I would like to express concern about the future of the Signal messenger. Although Signal currently has a significantly smaller audience than WhatsApp, there are existential risks associated with the messenger covering a larger number of users. Is it rational to say that the goal of this messenger is to be used by the largest number of users, so let's assume for a moment that Signal was able to achieve its mission and most WhatsApp users switched to Signal - I know this is right now unrealistic, but even 30% of users would be an enormous, huge number. Thus, what is the future of the messenger when it starts organizing communications for 1 billion users worldwide?

Would it be rational to assume that counterintelligence forces and special police will send their agents to the organization as undercover workers to sabotage the work and embed backdoors during companies in the context of company growth and staff expansion in this scenario? The question is rhetorical.

I would like to hear the response of the company's president to this existential threat, and to thank for their work.

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[โ€“] pogodem0n@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, no. My assertion came from sheer popularity of their GitHub repositories and personal observation among my tech-savvy friend groups.

You can start checking out their code yourself, though. There are a lot of open-source software out there and it would be unfeasible for anyone to audit their code themselves. At some point, you'll have to put some trust into others. Be it software audit companies, or the Signal developers.

[โ€“] cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

Yes, usually I trust audit companies like Cure53 but if I understand correctly there werent any audits for tge ladt years.. I only know that Snowden has recommended that 5 years ago I think, of cource he deserve trust but since then he didnt say anything about it if I remember. Probably he also did some audit that moment 5 years ago but not full audit because it seems impossible for one person...