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Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
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this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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Didn't Signal get big after Musk endorsed it? What gives?
4years ago yeah https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-signal
Yes, but then last year he started saying it had known vulnerabilities that weren’t being fixed, around the same time Telegram was attacking Signal’s credibility. I seem to remember him outright endorsing Telegram but have only done a quick search and that hasn’t popped up.
His source: Trust me bro
Not really. It's still not big. It definitely got bigger after he supported it though.
Yup. I started using it in part because of his tweet