Google did a security research around ssl and a crazy percentage of people think the lock icon is actually a handbag icon. The rest of the research highlighted how most users aren’t able to make informed choices, most people lack the technical basis to make those choices.
It’s a big pie, they’re also fairly different. And to be honest it’s only a matter of time before Telegram has a (public) security incident that drives much more people to E2EE messaging.
A few years ago I would have agreed, but right now Signal is doing just fine taking users from WhatsApp (FB TOS changes + ads + social group analysis)and Telegram (sketchy non-e2ee, Russian owned, based in the middle east).
SMS and security are simply incompatible. And either you fall into one of two groups 1. You know sms is insecure and this is a insecure method of communication 2. You think sms sent via signal is secure because it’s a “secure messenger”. It’s clear that HN users will fall into group 1, but the vast majority of people would fall into group 2. So for me this is an overall security win.
I don’t think Adguard, the Russian tech company registered in cyprus, but with mostly Russian employees living in Russia has our best interests at heart.
> In a room where participants are verified with each other, you'd be warned of this with a loud red shield with an exclamation mark in the room header.
Really? Are you sure there would be this banner in the case of a malicious device being added to an existing user in the room rather than a malicious user?
Not sure you’re correct, its still possible for a malicious home-server to add a malicious client to a user and spy on the conversation. This is because the protocol doesn’t require room management messages to be authenticated?
When did you throw in the towel? In the last year or so they’ve been rock solid for reliability. (Note: some Android devices background app memory/power/cpu management of Signal effetely makes any type of messenger useless.)
Not even going to try engagement with you, your replies either lack any sort of critical analysis of the facts or you’re acting in bad faith.
Putin has lied since day 1. His words betrayed his motives and the facts about his actions are clear to everyone. Russia under Putin is a terrorist state. And the sooner the west fully isolates them fully the better.
Medium is pretty much on death row now. It’s gone through so many failed business model changes, its not a pleasant reading experience, and it’s brand isn’t great.
France, Italy and Germany’s economic comfort is absolutely meaningless in the face of what Russia is doing. You haven’t figured out the fact that peace with Russia is a country being invaded, looted, with thousands murdered, war crimes and abuses? But wait there’s more, a few years later the Russians do it again.
He claims not opening an office in Louisiana is religious bias. Protecting your company and employees from legislators in southern/bible belt is just good business. They’ve a long history of passing and enforcement of unconstitutional religiously inspired laws that impact businesses.
Ah traditional banking, where tech teams are disposable, seasonal and underpaid. Good luck to anyone who trusts a traditional bank with their technical career.
Ensuring that the core infrastructure of their software systems doesn’t have the same security standards as teenagers wordpress site would be an awesome start.