Oddbean new post about login | logout Trying out Signal. I like it. My name means sign/signal in Arabic. Feels like a sign to start using it.
I don't really use it i'm more on simplex.. But if you want to chitchat sometimes: https://signal.me/#eu/sDZlzm9iQbueit_fDDFGpKqz3nJ_Qj4btiqCbOK7eH_X9QosA5lCd63HrCGwHV8u
I speak arabic, have read your name several times and never made the connection 😅
Ishara = eshara Same name, different spelling. Can also mean symbol/gesture etc etc in other languages like Sanskrit, Hindi and I’m sure it means other stuff in other languages I haven’t looked up Like Katy = Katie I was told by people who speak Arabic visiting London on holiday years ago that my name meant sign/signal and they proceeded to keep saying it to each other while laughing - I dunno why 🤷🏽♀️ looked it up and google and Chat GPT and it said they were right, but I don’t speak Arabic so I can’t say for sure, you may well be right 🫂 does it not have a meaning in Arabic?
No, no, you’re not wrong. I was just pointing how it went over my head so many times.
Me too 🫂 I thought it meant nothing until the tourists kept saying it - do you know if maybe it’s the equivalent of having a name that means ‘emergency exit’ or ‘sign post’ or something, cos they found it hilarious 😅 I was always curious about why
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But it’s encrypted, no?
That's not the only thing to have into account. Many encryption implementations have backdoors. They also have a social graph. Not recommended if you care for security.
Signal is one of the most looked-at open source projects there is. There's not a fucking back door. They do see who you are talking to and when. So keep that in mind. but its great for avoiding dragnet surveillance and getting normies off of plaintext texting.
Meredith Whittaker is kind of a badass 💯 She really held her own here. I like her a lot - not that that matters, but that’s why I’ll continue to use signal 🫂 I like her morals. https://youtu.be/E--bVV_eQR0?si=K0_w1WVHrxmIY2Ve
It was just exposed that Tucker Carlson's Signal was leaked. Use TOX, or XMPP with Omemo!