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This is not true, You contain just as much if not more value from building the graph of people who communicate with each other then knowing the contents of their communication. But I think what they're trying to say is because signal prevents any user from being able to use the signal app with servers they the user control. You're stuck with trusting the people running the servers because they say they won't do anyth…
Currently you can get the metadata graph and contents of conversations for most messenger usage today. Now with signal and other E2EE messengers, you can just get the metadata graph, maybe. Not using the standard set of servers makes you stand out in a different way metadata wise, and more vulnerable, because you don't have as much labor available to secure your personal network, which is what your hinting at. It's p…
Phrased differently; Other messengers don't protect privacy so it's acceptable for this one claiming security to break privacy too.
> Now with signal and other E2EE messengers, you can just get the metadata graph, maybe. Not using the standard set of servers makes you stand out in a different way metadata wise, and more vulnerable, because you don't have as much labor available to secure your personal network, which is what your hinting at.
No, that's not what I'm hinting at. I'm complaining signal pretends it's primary focus is privacy any security, but fails at some of the most basic designs! If someone is targeting me specifically they can own my server, and I'm screwed. But using my server; if they own Signal, they don't get me for free. The inverse is correct as well, if they're targeting me, and they own me. They might not put forth the effort to own Signal. And if your opposition includes people who can server a sealed warrant, hacking into signal might not even be needed.
> It's partly why tor is a public network, because they want more noise in metadata analysis, and why you want to use VPN providers, so it's not just "you" that is aggregating your traffic.
What?
> The 3rd era will do both in a usable way, but usable ones don't really exist yet. All you have is research messengers.
> One step at a time. Perfect is the enemy of good, or something better.
No, that's not true about security. No security is better than half-assed security. Especially if you don't know it's half-assed.