▲ 615 ▼ Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org) submitted 2 years ago by u_tamtam@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 170 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] witten@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] z0rg0n@monero.town -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's what they told me when gave then feedback through their website. There's no free lunch and corporations aren't the most trustworthy source of information though so maybe it was about cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) isnt signal a nonprofit? not a corporation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] z0rg0n@monero.town 2 points 2 years ago Some nonprofit organizations are corporations and have pretty shitty practices: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Wish_Network The Morman church is another US 'non-profit organization' yet somehow hordes billions. Trusting blindly without doing research because something is presented as a non-profit is a good way to be taken for a fool and separated from your money. When signal made their own cryptocurrency which they entirely premined was a huge red flag. Dropping SMS support was an annoyance that broke the camels back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] z0rg0n@monero.town -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's what they told me when gave then feedback through their website. There's no free lunch and corporations aren't the most trustworthy source of information though so maybe it was about cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) isnt signal a nonprofit? not a corporation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] z0rg0n@monero.town 2 points 2 years ago Some nonprofit organizations are corporations and have pretty shitty practices: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Wish_Network The Morman church is another US 'non-profit organization' yet somehow hordes billions. Trusting blindly without doing research because something is presented as a non-profit is a good way to be taken for a fool and separated from your money. When signal made their own cryptocurrency which they entirely premined was a huge red flag. Dropping SMS support was an annoyance that broke the camels back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) isnt signal a nonprofit? not a corporation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] z0rg0n@monero.town 2 points 2 years ago Some nonprofit organizations are corporations and have pretty shitty practices: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Wish_Network The Morman church is another US 'non-profit organization' yet somehow hordes billions. Trusting blindly without doing research because something is presented as a non-profit is a good way to be taken for a fool and separated from your money. When signal made their own cryptocurrency which they entirely premined was a huge red flag. Dropping SMS support was an annoyance that broke the camels back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] z0rg0n@monero.town 2 points 2 years ago Some nonprofit organizations are corporations and have pretty shitty practices: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Wish_Network The Morman church is another US 'non-profit organization' yet somehow hordes billions. Trusting blindly without doing research because something is presented as a non-profit is a good way to be taken for a fool and separated from your money. When signal made their own cryptocurrency which they entirely premined was a huge red flag. Dropping SMS support was an annoyance that broke the camels back. permalink fedilink source parent