Elon Musk

anyway back to elon

Isn't one of his kids named X?

who the hell uses Signal

work teams with extremely security conscious bosses.

God, that WaPo piece... looking more like Trump Media will go the way of the USFL, but maybe burn up faster

ETTD

who the hell uses Signal

who the hell uses Signal

A LOT more people should probably use Signal

judging from how many people in my address book are on signal many people use it

white nationalists also used it during Unite the Right.

so yeah, lots of people, some good, some bad, some in-between, but lots of people use it.

both sides now

^never liked that recut version of the Free song

I use Signal, ama

my favourite bit of the WaPo piece is where don jr simply wanders in and "asks to be paid"

― mark s, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 2:36 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

and then cries to his dad about it who then yells at the founders lol

afaict, signal is popular among people who have reason to worry about opsec (obviously), and in countries where people don't use whatapp/wechat/ktalk, etc. so don't have an obvious option for cross platform messaging (i.e. america).

i use signal to chat with one friend, it’s very good and better than imessage

imessage is a demon that comes bundled with apple products

Signal is good for buying certain things

https://www.theverge.com/23409716/signal-encryption-messaging-sms-meredith-whittaker-imessage-whatsapp-china

Maybe the Democrats should use signal

I use Signal too. My sister and most/all of her NGO and world traveller friends all use it.

also on Signal. I send them money sometimes.

I only use iMessage with people who don’t use Signal

I like the UX for WhatsApp way better than Signal.

whatsapp has the funniest name

Whaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssaaaaaaapp

But do other people have to be using signal on the other end? Like you have to get people you know to install it to use it?

I'm glad to have no need for privacy for the most part - cant imagine someone caring what I am messaging people about -0-__ maybe good for CIA agents or something?

Also if you use things like signal isn't it kindof just saying to the NSA - "hey I am hiding something"

https://i.imgur.com/fbu6WgI.png

Can't imagine the NSA spends their days going - "holy shit, Stanley Coppersmith opened a Signal account", they're too busy spying on civilians listening to private phone calls

Latham, what app do you use? I don't understand your pov, because to do things like group chats at some point you all have to pick some platform to use

and I assume people are just kidding w/stuff like "white nationalists use it" cuz that's like objecting to sending packages in the mail because of the unabomber

that's not a great analogy

yeah the unabomber is good and white nationalists are bad

lmao

assuming that isn't what Andy meant, ignore the analogy and tell me what's bad about Signal

Using Signal is like having a Protonmail account; it just tells me that you take yourself way too seriously.

white nationalists also used it during Unite the Right.

― stank viola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, October 18, 2022 5:15 PM (yesterday)

btw, this was actually Discord

Using Signal is like having a Protonmail account; it just tells me that you take yourself way too seriously.

Tell me you don’t live in a red state without telling me don’t live in a red state.

I don't particularly care for Signal (it's a pretty bare-bones messaging app) but certain people in my life won't use anything but so I'm stuck if I wanna communicate with them

Anyway I thought Telegram was the most active messaging app for right wing extremists. I’ve never tried that one.

and I assume people are just kidding w/stuff like "white nationalists use it" cuz that's like objecting to sending packages in the mail because of the unabomber

― rob, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 1:06 PM bookmarkflaglink

I wasn't saying that as an objection, just pointing out it does have a wide reach. might even tell my team to move to it, but i haven't tried it yet.

I just use the regular text messaging app for group chats

xp
yeah I mean I first heard about it from (leftist) activists, so it definitely has a rep as a political tool. I'm just confused why people bring up the (possibly false) far-right association but no one seems to mention, e.g., Whatsapp being implicated in actual genocide

I do sympathize with being compelled to use a partic app just to chat, as I have friends who only contact me through Instagram DMs and I hate it

i mean i'd be a massive hypocrite to call out Signal for that when I use FB of all things, lol.

WhatsApp has also been used to share larger vids w/ me. friends sent me a vid showing me how to give their cat insulin injections

didn't stop the cat from scratching me anyway I blame Whatsapp for that

there's a subreddit for that? r/catscratchinsulinvideos (not really)!

All of these apps will be subsumed into X.

there's a subreddit for that? r/catscratchinsulinvideos (not really)!

― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, October 19, 2022 6:07 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Worst social media platform thread is over there >>>>>> (((to the FAR RIGHT)))

Actually the worst is the nasty dysfunctional feedback loop of Reddit and Youtube.

Honestly, Signal is barebones and I don’t understand why anyone would need anything else from a text messaging app— that I cannot make Signal the default messaging app on my phone is the thing about my phone that pisses me off the most. I hate the way iMessage or whatever looks

I think if everybody you know is using Apple stuff, "Messages" is about as good as Signal: It's supposedly end-to-end encrypted. I've used a chat program to talk to friends going back to ICQ (followed by AIM -> Yahoo messenger -> Facebook messenger -> messages/SMS -> Google Hangouts/Talk -> Signal. Out of all of those apps, Signal and Messages made me feel the most confident that my conversations were private. I do not "have anything to hide" or do anything illegal, but I don't like the feeling of wondering if I should self-censor in a supposedly private conversation - whether it's from a fear of a joke being misconstrued or Google's machine learning picking up keywords to sell to marketers for targeted advertising, I like my conversations private and I'm happy to pay for that service.