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Gamechanger@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I mean… Signal?
Balldowern@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
That’s untrue. Someone made a modified client that sent message info towards other servers completely independently of signal. That part was compromised.
It’s like calling aignal compromised because someones phone was hacked.Signal can’t protect you from users being an idiot and essentially showing their chat histories to other people over the internet.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Signal has done nothing but good for its users and its own reputation, but the feeling of inevitability, that impossible to avoid, that mostly people just assume it’s a foregone conclusion that signal is now or soon will be, shit.
I like signal, and I still feel the above about it.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
I mean, I have similar feelings about Valve, but I continue using the product because I know the most crucial and important contributions to the software space (Proton and OpenXR for Valve, Signal’s Client and non-spam-removal server code) has already had source provided to the public, meaning anyone could hard fork and pick up the torch if the current champion falters.
If a company is publicly traded on the stock market, hasn’t provided source to safeguard against uncertain leadership, and is integral to your software setup, your dependence on them needs to be scrutinized.
On the other end of the spectrum, if transparency is maintained, even with the inevitable entropy leading to enshittification, their contributions will be preserved and reused. That is the brilliance of providing source of your software.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I hope someone writes the video game equivalent of American Pie when Valve eventually dies.
recklessengagement@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
It helps that it’s run by a nonprofit. No investors, no shareholders, no inevitable IPO.