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article: https://signal.org/bigbrother/district-of-columbia/

context: https://technologymagazine.com/cloud-and-cybersecurity/protonmail-under-fire-over-data-handover

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[-] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

God, I wish more people used Signal

[-] paequ2@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've been using Signal more to test if I can recommend it to other people... it's mostly like WhatsApp, which is good...

Except, can we please disable all of those god damn popups. Everyday: "Hey! Verify your pin!", "Hey! Verify your LONG ASS recovery key!", "Hey, plz donate!", "HEY! I couldn't start a backup", "HEY LOOK AT ME!"

[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago
  • I have never been asked to verify my recovery key.
  • It asks to verify pin once a month. Which I think is fair, since it can help you recover from a lockout / transfer your device.
  • backups are important, but they can also be disabled
  • Donating to open source projects is important, as it's a large portion of their funding.
[-] bss03@infosec.pub 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I agree with all your points, BUT I do think Signal could be slightly less "user-hostile" with the reminders, maybe?

I get annoyed at the pop-ups in my Linux system, too, and all of them are got similarly legitimate reasons. Getting the way of my current task (or worse stealing focus) doesn't ever seem like the "right" way for computers/tools to behave.

[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

How obtrusive are the popups? Are you on iPhone or Android? The pin verify popup is like 20% of the screen at the bottom for me. And it's nearly the same color as the background, so I sometimes don't even notice it. Or at least, I finally see it and think "how long has that been there?"

I agree that some things can probably be scaled back. But wouldn't it be an even worse experience if someone forgot their pin, and thus was unable to access their data?

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

One problem with Signal is that it can be difficult to connect with someone who is on there.

I've run into this a couple of times myself. And I've had friends run into it too. We know for a fact someone is using Signal, but you can't find them in the search, even though you have them in your contacts with the correctly formatted number.

Personally, this issue has become a stumbling block for getting people I know to use it more.

[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Does that person allow searching by phone number? That is a setting you can disable.

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