well before 2013 it wasnt "Signal" but some proprietary software. After 2016 it wasn't anymore "the initial phase"
Funny how you don't seem to be wanting to see 2013-2016, but it's OK. facts speak for themselves :)
well before 2013 it wasnt "Signal" but some proprietary software. After 2016 it wasn't anymore "the initial phase"
Funny how you don't seem to be wanting to see 2013-2016, but it's OK. facts speak for themselves :)
"Between 2013 and 2016, Open Whisper Systems received grants from the Shuttleworth Foundation,[49] the Knight Foundation,[50] and the Open Technology Fund.[51]"
"Marlinspike launched Open Whisper Systems' website in January 2013.[2][1]"
(from the page you linked)
How is that not the OTF (100% funded by Radio Free Asia) since its inception? how is it not its initial conception phase?
US government: “Make us an app that people can use so we are the only ones accessing their meta-data.” Developer: makes Signal US Government: 👍
yet it's fair to say that:
As many people mentioned backups before, I would only add this: Maybe check -in your favourite search engine- if the very same model of computer that you use doesn't have know quirks (hardware needing some tweaking, not being fully recognized, etc.) with gnu/linux, like for instance searching "$model linux" or "$model $distro" (with the distros you plan on trying, etc.
Also maybe if you connect only via Wifi, check that wifi chip for compatibility first, and maybe get as a backup a USB wifi dongle that is know to work on gnu/linux... juuuust in case ;)
Last generation emulation console (A*bernic). All history of video games up to PS1 in my pocket/backpack <3
... er.... the only thing stopping an AmericaBad-with-a-gun is an AmericaGood-with-a-gun...?
am glad that https://simplex.chat doesn't even need to touch sensitive personal data strong selectors such as phone numbers or email addresses!
also now that i think of it:
so all in all: go simplex! :)
Bruce Schneier is also probably just a conspiracy theorist, when he writes in 2014:
"By the way, the Register noted that Whisper Systems (along with Tor and several other privacy projects) received $450,000 from Radio Free Asia – which is pretty much an official State Department / CIA propaganda organ, isn’t it? How exactly does this work as a coherent national security strategy, when State is funding ‘privacy’ while NSA is funding eavesdropping? https://www.opentechfund.org/sites/default/files/attachments/otf2013annualreportfinal.pdf"
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/11/whatsapp_is_now.html
oh and that linked annual report of the OTF, like the following ones, doesn't seem to be online anymore... :))
what a joke