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Sheesh, the US is sure getting scary. Well, it's a good thing it would be impossible to trace Signal to someone via metadata like a phone number, right? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by mistermodal@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Even State Department-funded Human Rights Watch admits that authorities combine legal and illegal methods to obtain convictions: https://text.hrw.org/report/2018/01/09/dark-side/secret-origins-evidence-us-criminal-cases

Combining dragnet surveillance with device hacking is intended in the design of both tools. Hence, State Department-funded Signal dupes you into handing over your identity as part of the population-centric mapping. In custody, your phone will be hacked when it is taken away if it's important.

https://xcancel.com/hannahcrileyy/status/2034273723667161480#m

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

i'm convinced the big push for signal is a CIA op. not that it's necessarily signal's fault, it could be and it could not, but setting signal as the defacto private alternative is weird.

better than whatsapp at least i guess, but that's a low ass bar to clear.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

We know it's an op, RFA does damage control for signal:

Libby Liu, president of Radio Free Asia stated:

Our primary interest is to make sure the extended OTF network and the Internet Freedom community are not spooked by the [Yasha Levine’s critical] article (no pun intended). Fortunately all the major players in the community are together in Valencia this week - and report out from there indicates they remain comfortable with OTF/RFA.