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Nullifid t1_j0qx3bh wrote

Reply to comment by rootbeerdan in Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web by psychothumbs

Why signal?

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rootbeerdan t1_j0r1hhd wrote

Because it was actually designed to be private and collect minimal metadata. The signal protocol is well understood and vetted, so for the 99.99% of people it’s extremely private and secure.

Of course you could go all the way back to using IRC with Tor and then using PGP to encrypt your messages, but if you get to that point E2EE is probably the least of your worries.

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Cultural-Height3898 t1_j0rn2rh wrote

Signal is awesome, now if only they'd remove requirement to use phone number that would be perfect.

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