How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
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The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?
  • HidingCat
    14•2 years ago

    Because you want to use it to talk to your friends, who know who you are anyway? I don’t get this need to wipe yourself completely from the face of the Earth.

    • @grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      IMO the issue with Signal’s lack of anonymity isn’t that your friends know who you are; it’s that Signal itself can build a graph of everybody’s contacts.

      I mean, yes, I understand that Facebook, Google and a bunch of other companies can get the same info, but if I’m going to switch to something to be an improvement I would ideally want it to improve all the way instead of halfway.