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JWZ weighs in on Signal again (www.jwz.org)

submitted 2 months ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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JWZ previously:

See also: Why not Signal?

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[-] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

The big upside of signal is that it is better then SMS, and has more adoption then any of the other reasonable options. Adoption is still not enough to make it that useful when compared with Messenger and SMS and even with this addressbook thing your complaining about trying to drive it.

Big downsides abound too including needing a phone number, and being tied to a phone.

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I thought they changed the phone number requirement? Or was that a fever dream I had?

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[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Every interaction I’ve had with that person is insane. Who even are they?

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[-] Templa@beehaw.org -1 points 2 months ago

Sorry but in this house we avoid jwz's opinions on things like the plague

He's like the Morrissey of foss

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