Rubber hose cryptanalysis <3

Pretty good privacy. It’s an unexciting name for a public/private key encryption program.

I believe WhatsApp uses the same protocol (or at least the same crypto algorithms), though I’m not sure if they were involved in its development.

Good point on the metadata. Signal has the “sealed sender” thing, which (I think) helps with the metadata problem somewhat.

As the other commenter mentioned, your best bet is being selective about which services you use to communicate.

Unencrypted (plain text) is the worst, since data is easy for a third party to sniff (think of it as a wiretap). For example, HTTP and SMS are unencrypted.

Encrypted is a good start, since third parties can’t sniff your traffic, but the server handling your communications can usually see everything that passes through it. For example, HTTPS is an SSL-encrypted variant of HTTP, and services like Facebook messenger are encrypted, but Facebook can still see all of your messages, since it’s stored on their servers.

End to End Encrypted (E2EE) is the golden standard. Only the endpoints (i.e. you and your friend) can see the content of your messages, and all traffic is encrypted in a way that even the server cannot view it. Signal is end to end encrypted, as are many other modern messaging platforms (WhatsApp is E2EE in theory, as is Google Meet, but we can’t verify this ourselves).

Well, not the highest one. This was a state supreme court, fortunately.

I’m using droidify and couldn’t find signal in there either.

As an aside, is digital ID a gating factor in us bring forced to digital currency? Stores are already refusing cash, so we’re practically digital already.

I tend to disagree with a lot of Californian politics, but hot damn are their pro consumer laws the best. Can’t wait for 2026.

Meanwhile, ISPs actively sell every single byte about you and your browsing habits that they can.

Lmao, people are just adopting HTTPS in the last 5 years? This article is trash.

No, but you can at least choose who you distrust the least with a VPN.

Conservative here:

Please kill all data brokers. I value my privacy.

It’s absurd. Obviously some devices “need” it, like smart doorbells and the like, but I’ll die a painful death before I connect my TV or refrigerator to the internet.

Hell, I want a garage door opener that I can monitor remotely, but I’m not willing to compromise my home’s security just because I second-guess myself on occasion.

Might as well do it while everyone’s anger is focused elsewhere.