Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

Post by ClumsyPilot » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 9:28 AM UTC

Post by rataata_jr » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 9:40 AM UTC

Grustaf wrote: post #56

deadmutex wrote: post #13

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Yeah, it is likely that he was just checking up on the competition. I wouldn't be surprised if turned the narrative on this by saying something like the following: "I was curious to check it out.. it wasn't very good, so I reverted back to Messenger/Whatsapp." IIRC, he made similar comments when he was spotted using G+. Disclaimer: My views are my own (and not necessarily shared by my employers).

> Disclaimer: My views are my own (and not necessarily shared by my employers). Who is your employer? It's not mentioned in your profile...

Post by mFixman » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 9:43 AM UTC

nine_k wrote: post #39

goatinaboat wrote: post #31

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I’m not totally convinced by the narrative that Mark doesn’t trust his own tools so he prefers Signal. He has tape over the camera of his own computer in Facebook HQ

Everybody should have a shutter over the camera, just to protect from blunders and misclicks. No matter how you trust your software, some malware may want to activate it, especially at a high-value target like Zuckerberg (or Bezos, or Nadella, etc). Alas, microphones are not as easy to deactivate.

Post by antonvs » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 9:49 AM UTC

sushid wrote: post #4

learningwebdev wrote: post #2

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

I would imagine Mark of all people to at least do some amount of competitive analysis. It's like being surprised Elon test drove a BMW i3.

Post by alias_neo » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 9:51 AM UTC

astrange wrote: post #42

yorwba wrote: post #40

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And what was the suggestion? The flow of information is (You typing → IME converts key presses into text → Signal receives text) so Signal can't do anything to prevent a malicious IME from sending the text elsewhere. The best they could do is raise users' awareness that Signal won't protect them if there's spyware with privileged access on their device, and that their IME might be such spyware.

Mainly the OS has security options to prevent IME network connections that aren't always on by default, but users can enable them. (They might be off because it disables some features that need internet access.) IIRC there was also some Android API that could be used in the app to help, but I don't remember what it actually did atm.