Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.
    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 months ago

      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.

  • dsilverz@friendica.world
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    2 months ago

    @cyrano The “problem” (actually, the feature) with those censorship algorithms is that they rely a lot on the “exact contents” of the message (“Scunthorpe Problem”), so X is probably programmed to detect the Signal’s domain and block due to the presence of such link (similar to how Facebook was/is blocking links to the largest PixelFed instances, and then they also decided to block links to DistroWatch and official websites from various Linux distros), so it’s not programmed (yet) to censor just the “hexadecimal/base64/whatever” portion of the link alone. And there’s where Tox could shine: a handle is literally a hexadecimal sequence, without Tox’s domains, without URI Schemas, just a bunch of digits and letters from A to F.

    I don’t know why Tox isn’t mentioned as a “instant messaging platform for whistleblowers”: it got Onion (Tor) tunneling possibility (as well as tunneling it through I2P outproxies because it actually accepts any kind of SOCKS5 proxy), it’s registration-less (even Matrix needs registration) so it’s effectively anonymous IMO.

    SimpleX seems to be that, too, although I didn’t have the opportunity to use it more than I used Tox. But from the little I’ve used it, it’s similar to Signal in the sense that it’s a link (and a large link) and not simply a hash/hex sequence.

    • Probius@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think we need laws against platforms censoring discussion of their rivals, particularly with shadow bans and shadow delistings.

      • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        like anti-competitive laws? We have those. They tend to rely on certain people enforcing them though

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Here are some workarounds:

    1. Don’t use Xitter
    2. Use your phone number
    3. Use a URL shortener

    He’s not doing anything except getting more bad press for himself.

  • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve blocked Twitter on my Adguard Home DNS already last year, so no “X” shit in my house/our mobile devices anywhere.

    • TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t think it is a good idea to block twitter completely. Some countries use twitter for official announcements, including emergency warning.

      • vandsjov@feddit.dkEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s a weird reason to keep using X. Hopefully these places also does other forms of communications, otherwise it’s a sad state of affairs.

  • PassingThrough@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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?

    • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      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
      • PassingThrough@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        From the looks of it, the variety of ways you can purposefully or accidentally destroy your local database, and the strict limits on accessing your profile, really gives me the feeling SimpleX is intended to be extremely disposable and deniable.

        After playing with it I just don’t see it being used for anything expected to be convenient or ongoing. Regarding the one device per account thing, I think the whole point is you just protect your one app, nobody is sneaking in your laptop or tablet, no remote leaks possible from a sync engine. On iOS you can link to a desktop app, but your phone must remain not just on, but in the app and on the pair screen. One twitch out, PC disconnects.

        Feels like something for journalists, whistleblowers, protesters, and all the bad ones. It’s a burner app for your burner phone.