Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
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Didn't Signal get big after Musk endorsed it? What gives?
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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
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He wants to speak freely, but he doesn't want to afford anyone else the same right.
It's not an uncommon stance, but it's a hypocritical one.
And when you say freely you mean hate.
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Sounds like that censorship conservatives are all up in a row about... Oh not anymore fancy that
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I was waiting for such endorsement, maybe my friends will switch now.
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I was waiting for such endorsement, maybe my friends will switch now.
Agree this reinforce that signal is good for now.
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You know, for a free speech supporter, he sure seems to hate it when people speak freely.
hes quite the selective speech supporter
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Didn't Signal get big after Musk endorsed it? What gives?
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.
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Very free speech absolutist of him.
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It was never about free speech
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Only the cool kids know where to get FOSS.
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So what’s the opinion here between Signal and SimpleX?
Signal gets all the attention, and seems more approachable but ties to a phone number which can be a big deal.
SimpleX ties to nothing but I could absolutely see people I know fucking it up and wondering where their “account” went.
So, Signal as an common man’s adoptable compromise and SimpleX to nerd out with full “opsec” and disposability? That about right?
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They also block any content, even private messages that contain Bluesky for example.
I think we need laws against platforms censoring discussion of their rivals, particularly with shadow bans and shadow delistings.
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You know, for a free speech supporter, he sure seems to hate it when people speak freely.
"Free speech absolutist"*
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Didn't Signal get big after Musk endorsed it? What gives?
Not really. It's still not big. It definitely got bigger after he supported it though.
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Here are some workarounds:
- Don't use Xitter
- Use your phone number
- Use a URL shortener
He's not doing anything except getting more bad press for himself.
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He wants to speak freely, but he doesn't want to afford anyone else the same right.
It's not an uncommon stance, but it's a hypocritical one.
Not really true. His supporters are allowed to speak freely as well.
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You know, for a free speech supporter, he sure seems to hate it when people speak freely.
He absolutely wants to support the speech he agrees with. The rest can get fucked.
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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.
saying there are unspecified "known vulnerabilities" within Signal
His source: Trust me bro
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So what’s the opinion here between Signal and SimpleX?
Signal gets all the attention, and seems more approachable but ties to a phone number which can be a big deal.
SimpleX ties to nothing but I could absolutely see people I know fucking it up and wondering where their “account” went.
So, Signal as an common man’s adoptable compromise and SimpleX to nerd out with full “opsec” and disposability? That about right?
I'm trying to use simplex, mainly for the instance's chat. 2 things to say:
- notifications work perfectly even without play store
- every device has a separate account - I can't reuse the same one. Not the end of the world, but it's really annoying
