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Are right wingers creating FUD around Signal?
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this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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Idk how secure telegram is but cmon signal is shady AF . They won't let fdroid have it cause they want to sign their own keys or some shit but there is a speculation its because they can roll out custom apk to targets which governments want which is just not possible if it is hosted by someone like fdroid . Even telegram allows that and they even allow third party apps which signal won't .
SimpleX and briar is the best option if your actually worried about privacy .
I do see it weird but publishing on F-Droid means almost nothing. If you are scared of their pre-built apks, compile from source instead. If Telegram and Signal are bad, use SimpleX.
It means a ton to me and a lot others and no one has to compile from source every time .