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"Sorry, I only use Signal" has worked nearly a decade for me
What if you need to contact someone and they use whatsapp?
What if they want to contact you and you use Signal?
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger
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What if you need to contact someone and they use whatsapp?
IME you say “Sorry I only use Signal” and either they change or you don’t get in contact with that person. If you change and abandon your principles were they really principles in the first place?
How do you tell that to them in the first place? You got someone's phone number. The person who gives it to you tells them that they use whatsapp. You can't even tell them "Sorry I only use Signal" unless you open whatsapp app.
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#25So a few days ago Elon Musk blocked all links to Signal from the X platform and now this... Could be a coincidence but the timing sure is sus.
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#27So a few days ago Elon Musk blocked all links to Signal from the X platform and now this... Could be a coincidence but the timing sure is sus.
I'm not going to psychoanalyse the brain parasite, but I imagine that the reason to do it could be as petty as shadow banning people with Fediverse (e.g. mastodon) handles in their bios shortly after he took over.
Also:
> Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE. > from https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks-x-blocks-links-to...
Btw, I don't live in the US but I sketched a simple tool to prevent X from censoring Signal.me links: https://link-in-a-box.vercel.app
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#28So a few days ago Elon Musk blocked all links to Signal from the X platform and now this... Could be a coincidence but the timing sure is sus.
Only signal.me links were blocked as far as I understood. Other signal links kept working. (I have no first hand knowledge as I left Twitter when the owner changed)
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#29I'd love to have more of my socializing happening on Signal. Anyone got a good way to convince the non-paranoid to use it?
My (non-technical) Mom actually got my whole extended family on Signal with a group link. Since there's no real account creation it was painless. It's how we do all video calls/photo sharing/chat now.