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   Sn!pe to Salvador Mirzo   
   Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope    
   20 Feb 25 01:09:59   
   
   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Salvador Mirzo  wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > > Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software   
   > > might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and   
   > > running of it.   
   > >   
   > > That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they   
   > > have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Can't Signal eventually be bought off?   
   >   
      
   They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has   
   Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good   
   enough for me.   
      
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