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there are many great reasons to use Signal (feddit.org)
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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 30 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine using a hammer to remove a screw from a beam.

It's possible, but it's not the right tool. It's frankly dangerous, and probably going to damage something.

But, a hammer, when used on nails, is really good at what it does.

Signal encrypts your message, sends it to the recipient, and the recipient's Signal decrypts the message when they view it.

It is open source, so we can verify it does that ourselves. What that means is that a reader who is not the receiver of the message cannot read it.

That does NOT MEAN:

  1. The receiver is who you intended it to be.
  2. The receiver is uncompromised.

Signal also DOES NOT:

  1. Have control lists to your group discussions.
  2. Verify the receiver is who they say they are

The benefit is:

  1. We know that the message sent is encrypted.
  2. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc, can't route your message through their servers en route to your recipient. Or well, they can at a low level, but it would just be a garbled mess anyway.