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"...there are serious concerns that organizers should discuss and further study. These include: (1) Signal’s extensive ties to the state and major corporations, (2) Signal’s extractive and anti-democratic corporate model, and (3) Signal’s technical dependence on companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, which could open it up to surveillance or censorship.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/07/the-revolution-will-not-be-signaled/
"New tracking tool exploits WhatsApp/Signal delivery receipts to monitor users silently, and reveal daily routines using just phone number."
https://www.cyberkendra.com/2025/12/free-tool-can-spy-whatsapp-and-signal.html
#Signal collects #Metadaten the same as #WhatsApp
https://primal.net/e/note154hta9dt8k4mhleu4z20rwlqd85dxap20xtvcy4fq89uzcrwshpsdelk2t
Meet Paragon: An American-Funded, Super-Secretive Israeli Surveillance Startup That ‘Hacks WhatsApp And Signal’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/07/29/paragon-is-an-nso-competitor-and-an-american-funded-israeli-surveillance-startup-that-hacks-encrypted-apps-like-whatsapp-and-signal/
Secure Messenger
86 #Threema = the most secure messenger
82 #SimpleX
80 #Session
78 #Signal
64 #Wire
63 #Element X #Matrix
45 #Viber
42 #Apple #iMessage
32 #Whatsapp
31 #Google #Messages
30 #Telegram
30 #Facebook Messenger
15 #XChat
Source:
https://www.securemessagingapps.com
and rate 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0
