Basically, a good way to never trust "it's okay, the data is anonymized" again is simply knowing what the "Hemisphere Program" is. (mastodon.social)

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As an aside, I'm very much convinced that Signal's primary objective is to gather phone numbers in order to facilitate the US government tracing social networks of people who are already of interest Their main focus isn't on what these people are discussing, they want to know who is talking to whom first and foremost. Signal's subpar user experience is a feature from this perspective. Due to its inconvenience for the average person, those with a strong need or desire to communicate sensitive information are more likely to utilize it.

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[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

idk about Signal but Matrix is 100% a metadata harvesting op and it always disappoints me when people recommend it

incubated at a Canadian telco that's a known Mossad metadata harvesting front, that just happens to notoriously leak metadata when federated.

[-] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Got any sources about matrix being sketchy? Or alternates? Was interested in setting up a matrix server but maybe not...

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

[-] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Excellent thank you

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

I think if you ran a server and didn't federate you'd be fine. So it depends what you were planning to use it for. Being able to centralize all your various IM apps is pretty sweet.

[-] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Ya maybe. I just want secure coms between me and my friends. This definitely indicates atleast a need to deeply research

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

indeed

[-] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Fuck, I use matrix.

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

as long as you're not using it for politics/organizing stuff you're probably fine

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Hmm this is disappointing to discover. What alternatives are their realistically?

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

xmpp. truly sensitive comms shouldn't be digital.

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