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 MEREDITH WHITTAKER - PRESIDENT OF SIGNAL FOUNDATION - DECEMBER 1 2023

https://m.primal.net/HeKt.mp4  
 THIS IS AN ATTACK! IT'S JUST A POWER GRAB!  
 If I download signal and say GM, will you send me some MobileCoin? 
 FUCK BACKDOORS! 
 I want to enter her backdoor😌 (the reporter) 
 That came out wrong... 
 She was spot on for the security stuff. Encryption with a backdoor isn't encryption at all. 
 NGL she is cute. 
 From the very first time I saw her, her impression always reminds me of Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson, Stargate Atlantis). I cannot unsee this. 😐😅 
 Very impressive. 
 She fucking rocks 
 This must be what peak competency looks like 
 Dumb politicians don't stand a chance against smart people like this 
 wow
I feel a little self-conscious asking this question, but why isn’t this on Twitter X ? 
 Oh man she is awesome. Sure glad @NVK is building some sweet sweet AI to keep with what she was talking about 
 Signal's code is open-source but do we have a way to verify that the server's code used in production is exactly the same as the open-sourced one? Without any added backdoors or changes.

Also a centralized social service is an issue by design. Because at some point the government(s) might censor the service or impose changes.

I will stick to decentralized alternatives like simpleX or nostr. 
 Regardless of any centralized server, the open sourced client code ensures encryption prior to being sent to the server.

E2E encryption === end to end encryption

The server code shouldn't matter, because it can't read the message to begin with. 
 It depends how it is signed and how the secret key is generated. WhatsApp also have e2e encryption. 
 Are you suggesting those details are not verifiable from the client source code? 
 WhatsApp also has a built in function to send the last 5 messages to Facebook moderators... 
 They are doing this in the EU first  because of all of the upcoming elections happening in 2024!  This is a FACT! The WEF want to control the outcomes! 
 Why does this look like Idiocracy for the French government? 
 Freedom tech is hope 🫡 
 We are under attack, dig your head in the sand at your own peril.