Briar is probably more secure and it’s not the only secure app to chat in this world, Signal isn’t the MOST SECURED one xD.
A communication platform is only as good as it’s feature-set, ease-of-use, and accessibility. I’m not going to ask my grandma to install Briar - hell, half my friends and family with iPhones can’t even install it, there’s no app for it. I would consider my PGP signed/encrypted text files delivered via carrier pigeon even more secure than briar, but who would I even talk to? Maybe Briar will be a great alternative in the future, but it has a lot of ground to cover. Also, Signal is fully E2EE - that’s what I want, that’s what I care about right now. I’m keeping an eye on Briar, but I’m not asking anyone to install it yet.
Just block and done.
You’re simplifying a problem in a domain you seem to have zero experience with. I will just leave it at at that, as my previous examples in my previous reply didn’t seem to click.
if FBI asks for a backdoor you are forced to make it BY LAW and you can’t even tell this to anyone BY LAW
This is a lie.
Forced labor in the US is illegal. The FBI cannot force you or an organization to work without compensation. As such, the FBI cannot compel software developers to work (modify their code to make it less secure) without breaking the law.
The All Writs Act forces companies to assist in investigations by providing data they already have, (which Signal gladly does [1] )but it does not grant the ability to force someone to work (which is what software development is and is what would be required to backdoor their own systems).
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A communication platform is only as good as it’s feature-set, ease-of-use, and accessibility. I’m not going to ask my grandma to install Briar - hell, half my friends and family with iPhones can’t even install it, there’s no app for it. I would consider my PGP signed/encrypted text files delivered via carrier pigeon even more secure than briar, but who would I even talk to? Maybe Briar will be a great alternative in the future, but it has a lot of ground to cover. Also, Signal is fully E2EE - that’s what I want, that’s what I care about right now. I’m keeping an eye on Briar, but I’m not asking anyone to install it yet.
You’re simplifying a problem in a domain you seem to have zero experience with. I will just leave it at at that, as my previous examples in my previous reply didn’t seem to click.
This is a lie.
Forced labor in the US is illegal. The FBI cannot force you or an organization to work without compensation. As such, the FBI cannot compel software developers to work (modify their code to make it less secure) without breaking the law.
The All Writs Act forces companies to assist in investigations by providing data they already have, (which Signal gladly does [1] )but it does not grant the ability to force someone to work (which is what software development is and is what would be required to backdoor their own systems).
[0] https://www.beencrypted.com/news/apple-vs-fbi-events-summary/
[1] Reminder that Signal only collects: 1) the date you signed up 2) the last day your client pinged their servers.
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