▲ 56 ▼ How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To (www.wired.com) submitted 1 year ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Let's say Signal goes full maga. The chats are encrypted and there are no subscriptions or ads. What are the downsides? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago I'm currently using Signal, and happy with it, but they still don't have reproducible builds, making it impossible to confirm that the code we can read on GitHub is actually what is running on my device So, even now, it could be doing something that isn't able to be audited I guess Element/Matrix or Briar are the better options from this perspective, without losing any end to end encryption permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Probably just not supporting a US-based company permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago I'm currently using Signal, and happy with it, but they still don't have reproducible builds, making it impossible to confirm that the code we can read on GitHub is actually what is running on my device So, even now, it could be doing something that isn't able to be audited I guess Element/Matrix or Briar are the better options from this perspective, without losing any end to end encryption permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Probably just not supporting a US-based company permalink fedilink source parent