Gregory's Server
We *need* safe, encrypted, privacy-respecting IM.
For all its flaws (its centralized nature, using phone numbers for identifiers), #Signal has emerged as a kind of standard, reasonably trusted IM in the journalist-activist space.
With all the time and effort put into moving people over to it by activists and #InfoSec professionals like myself over the years, risking that to farm a bit more MAU feels like… betrayal.
I did a "drunken rant" talk about this at #MCH2022
https://media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-196-signal-you-were-the-chosen-one-
@rysiek I enjoyed your talk at #MCH2022.
Most people didn't care when #Signal:
1. Started using Google and Amazon servers for their infrastructure.
2. Refused to look into federation resulting in it being blocked in certain countries and people having to run proxies...
3. Refusing to add the app to #FDroid store.
4. Put a #cryptocurrency into it with no public code updates for 1 year. The famous #MobileCon.
How is Signal still trusted at all? And now social media is just 200% lol
@rysiek I enjoyed your talk at #MCH2022.
Most people didn't care when #Signal:
1. Started using Google and Amazon servers for their infrastructure.
2. Refused to look into federation resulting in it being blocked in certain countries and people having to run proxies...
3. Refusing to add the app to #FDroid store.
4. Put a #cryptocurrency into it with no public code updates for 1 year. The famous #MobileCon.