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After over a decade spent creating Signal, Moxie has departed to focus on new efforts. (mastodon.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was devastated when Android Signal removed SMS support. Since then I'm down to just 3 people that I still use signal with.

Its been a shame to see the direction its gone since the huge influx after the last WhatsApp controversy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have in 10 years of being on Signal never managed to get a single person to be upgraded from SMS to a proper Signal contact.

Plenty of WhatsApp contacts.

I was using Signal to replace the default SMS app on my phone specifically because it was Free Software and I trusted it more as the SMS app. It had nothing to do with privacy, you don't get that on SMS, but to do with trusting the code.

Alas I'm now using the built in app and have uninstalled Signal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was only able to get my Android friends to convert. Now they aren't using it either. Truly a shame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

after the last WhatsApp controversy

What happened with WhatsApp?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Basically a privacy policy change that wove them tighter into facebooks's ecosystem and made it clear that Facebook would in no uncertain terms be collecting WhatsApp user data.

https://www.dw.com/en/whatsapp-controversy-highlights-growing-fears-about-data-privacy/a-56266093