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Is Signal safe? (proton.me)
submitted 8 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 8 months ago

Signal is safe enough depending on your threat model

If you worry about aws centralization and outages then signal isn't a good option

If your worried about sgx enclave exploitation then it's not a good match

If your worried about us intelligence monitoring traffic then it's not a good fit

So signal is fine for person to person western traffic

Not a good fit for a country needing isolated highly secure messaging... I.e. the french government should NOT use signal, centralized in America, sgx exploits are a concern, and exposing the social and communication graph to the us intelligence services isn't in the french national interest

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

What it I'm head of the Department of War and I want my war crimes to be secret? Asking for a friend

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 8 months ago

Then signal probably isn't for you

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago

There's a custom app for that, that's based on Signal.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

If your worried about us intelligence monitoring traffic then it’s not a good fit

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 8 months ago

If you are designing the french government communication systems, would signal work for your requirements?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -3 points 8 months ago

I block fascists and I can't see who you're talking to 🤷‍♂️

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