This popped up on the desktop app, I don’t see anything on mobile. I haven’t closed the window in case I can’t get it back
Not sure what to pick for my username either lol
You must log in or register to comment.
Removed by mod
Ah not this again (EDIT: see this link for a better explanation than mine: https://lemmy.ca/comment/5401873 )
Your source there lists it as:
CIA → RFA → OTF → Signal
My understanding is that the CIA operated a news agency in the 50s, then decades later the 2012 president of the news agency started the Open Technology Fund to “help better protect reporters and sources for the news organization with enhanced digital security technology”. That organization made (publicly documented) investments in projects including the Tor Project and Signal. Even if someone thinks the OTF is sinister, the total amount over 5 years was $3M.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia_(Committee_for_a_Free_Asia)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Technology_Fund
Condensing all that into “Signal is CIA funded” is silly, and it’s even sillier to imply that Signal is controlled by the CIA as a honeypot.
Also, it’s open source. Given how popular it is, and how much constant scrutiny the code is under, we should notice any issues that pop up.
Something fun I spotted while checking links: a comment from the Signal subreddit linked to the Lemmy discussion that I was looking for. Lemmy’s SEO isn’t as good, but I found it indirectly anyways
At this point I have to wonder whether the “Signal is CIA funded” narrative is not just butthurt Russian trolls mad at the fact it’s also used by spies and informants for secure communication.
Unrelated to the content of post you linked.
Is there any way to link to a Lemmy comment/post that doesn’t redirect me to the web page of a different instance? Something like the way we can use [email protected]
I think there was an extension in firefox to redirect you to the correct instance
I think it’s on all the browsers
Instance Assistant
I assume there’s nothing on mobile yet?
Excellent source. Thank you
It’s very misleading (or straight up false), see the other comments
You get a random digits after your username, like “User.11”. It defaulted to two for me, but I am able to customize those digits. On mobile I get the option under Settings -> click my avatar/name.
Good to know, thank you :)
Setting my name now
This is quite funny for me because I use Signal to talk to the woman I’ve been seeing for about six months and now I’d have to ask her for her number.
You still need to provide a phone number to register…
I guess, but that shouldn’t be an issue for any existing user.
So for anyone already using it, it’s a strict improvement.
For sure!
Do this mean that we no longer have to give our connections our phone number? Never liked the phone number requirement.
Well, then the same goes for TOR
