I cant help but think that federation would not only help the security aspect of signal but also the cost of running it???

Lol yeah downloading newpipe is suuuch a hoop to jump through. 🙄

Phenomenal example of why I dont think this guy deserves much attention

Thank God, finally! Currently on a pixel 5a with /e/OS and I love it, but theyre not very repairable. Ill run with it as long as possible but this, or the FP5 if mine lasts forever, will be my next buy

A little confused. Regardless of whats legal we know what they 'can' do, just not whether its legal or not. What we lose by legalising it is precisely that it can be used in court as legitimate evidence.

Currently in the US everyone knows they have far less privacy from the government, or from corporations for that matter, but ill gotten info cant easily be uses in court.

IMO the really scary thing is that now the government is just buying info from data brokers where the users technically consented in some app's TOS then using that. Its legally cleaner, and honestly probably better than info they could've gotten from from shadier methods.

Any links with more info?