Aral Balkan
Given we now know governments are spying on people using encrypted messaging through #notifications (to get data or metadata, based on what the specific service sends), the “turn on notifications” prompt in #Signal not having a “no” option but stating “we’ll remind you again later” and continuing to prompt you at regular intervals is now less of a dark pattern to increase usage and more of a #security issue that should be fixed right away.
CC @Mer__edith
Aral Balkan
@fredbrooker @Mer__edith That’s good for you (although you might be surprised) but it’s not that simple for activists, persecuted minorities, etc. None of whom do nothing wrong but have very good reasons for protecting their privacy since it could be the difference between life and death.
Fred Brooker
whatever agency can spy on me fully, they can't find anything important
Aral Balkan
@noodlejetski @Mer__edith “We kill people based on metadata.”
– General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA
noodlejetski :verified_gay:
@aral @Mer__edith not sure about iOS, but on Android the content of Signal messages doesn't go through Google's servers.
hopefully that'll still push them to look into alternative options like ntfy.
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