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"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Metadata is data. While we can be pretty sure that message contents are secure we have to rely on trust for the metadata.

I use Signal and trust it way more than most other apps but still, one have to be careful, a state actor could still find ways.