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Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

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Re: Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

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Americans in general need to get very used to having conversations only on secure channels.

What do you recommend?

Signal is the gold standard. Eschew the desktop app if you're particularly security-sensitive

Re: Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

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Americans in general need to get very used to having conversations only on secure channels.

While I like many people have been doing this for years, it's not clear what this will actually solve. What will strategically benefit us is banding together in public, not talking in hushed tones in private.

Re: Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

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Americans in general need to get very used to having conversations only on secure channels.

While I like many people have been doing this for years, it's not clear what this will actually solve. What will strategically benefit us is banding together in public, not talking in hushed tones in private.

Organizing publicly tends to require safe, advanced preparation in private.

Re: Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

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It's never a good thing when the people who take on jobs in the public sector have to fear their own government. Especially when that government wilfully installs under-qualified and downright untrustworthy leadership.

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