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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia(www.theverge.com)

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“We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)

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Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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Worth highlighting that Telegram in Russia and WhatsApp in Venezuela - both with vastly larger user bases than Signal - are not blocked…

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foremanguy@lemmy.ml
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But they are not as secure as Signal

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toynbee@lemmy.world
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Believe that’s the point.

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Zacryon@feddit.org
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Is it?

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foremanguy@lemmy.ml
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For sure

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skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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The session keys for WhatsApp are stored on Meta servers, so the encryption is meaningless. Meta can read everything everyone types. Yet all of the eastern hemisphere seem to worship it like it’s pure platinum.

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OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.ml
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I don’t think anyone took those seriously as private messengers. On another note, I think Maduro cracked down on WhatsApp as well, and called Venezuelans to cancel Meta altogether. Or something.

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kenkenken@sh.itjust.works
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WhatsApp is the most popular messenger in Russia, not Telegram.

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