Ellie Kennard 🌱

@Mer__edith@mastodon.world I keep in touch with a close friend in Iran using Signal. It is a friendship lifeline we cherish. Thank you.

@Mer__edith@mastodon.world which is exactly why I use it and support it. I will be sorry to lose my UK contacts. Will they be able to use it anyway if they use a VPN?

@jdoe@freeradical.zone @Mer__edith@mastodon.world @WhatsApp@mastodon.social I completely left #whatsapp as soon as I found #SignalApp but I wish I could convince more of my friends to be on it. I just text them using #Textra (knowing it's insecure). Just finished reading the book "Permanent Record" (twice). I guess I don't need to say more.

@Mer__edith@mastodon.world so what does this mean about #whatsapp ? From this article: BBC News - India-Pakistan online love story that ended in jail https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64740767 How could a so-called encrypted messaging app lead the police to someone? Not so secure as all that, I guess.

@Mer__edith@mastodon.world what if people in the UK use a VPN? Would that protect them from that?

@lynnedubois@mastodon.online where is that? So much snow so early. Lovely.