cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35909566
SMH @ activists using techno-fascist platforms for communications during an operation subject to state-actor level interference. I thought we recognised and acknowledged this problem 15-20 years ago already.
https://xcancel.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1965431513320927706
I’m surprised they were using WhatsApp in the first place. Surely there are better options for something like this
Several people in the comments suggest Telegram, which doesn’t even encrypt group chats. Signal is likely the best option if the group is under 1000 members.
Oh, I thought Telegram does encrypt chats, just that you have to enable it rather than it being on be default. Is encryption only available for one-on-one messages?
Oh well, I can’t get my friends and family to use Signal anyway…
It’s only available for 1-to-1, yes. But why would you rely on a service that hides the option to E2E encryption so well? Next step is to silently remove it.
Signal is private by default.
Telegram is owned by Russian Elon Musk and the FSB. Avoid it if you can.
If you fight against USrael, russia seems like a good idea. Worked for Snowden.
They’re both shitty imperialist countries responsible for wars and genocide.
I’ll take neither, thanks.
Durov only founded Telegram after he left Russia over Maidan. He was, however, recently arrested by the French, so…
He left it performatively. Since then, he’s secretly visited Russia, one time just around its unblocking in Russia, while pretending to be a fugitive.
Edit: Here’s an article on that.
Ah, just looked the guy up on Wiki. Yeah, Russian Elon musk seems about right.
We don’t use Telegram and I never plan to.
Yeah, 100+ kids is fucking wild.
It does not have the option to encrypt group chats last I checked, and even the one-to-one encryption is not particularly well-liked among security experts.
This isn’t about casual chats with friends and family, but political activism against the actions of a country. People doing that should be willing to put at least a trivial amount of effort into security.
Oh yeah, I know they’re dogshit and that the activists should’ve been using Signal, I just didn’t realize that Telegram doesn’t encrypt group chats.
Signal is sUS. Cia will read and genocide