Maybe it's me as a 33 years "old fuck" who doesn't get "Why" anyone wants to have "#SmartShoes" or whatever or maybe I as a #WageWorker am "too poor" to understand the appeal of the #juicero's shitty design and #InkjetPrinter-style #DRM on it's overpriced plastic bags...

• I guess one needs to have a spechal "#BillionaireBrainRot" to find these things appealing...

#Enshittification #Billionaires #BrainRot #VCmoneyBurningParty #MoneyBurning #VentureCapital #Crowdfunding #Bullshit #Commentary #tech #absurdity

@blueluma #privacy and #security are inherently intertwined.

• Anything that reduced privacy also reduces security and every good security system will have privacy not just as a cornerstone, but foundation.

There is no legitimate reason to demand any #PII when there's neither legal mandate (i.e. #KYC / #AML) nor risk of fraud (i.e. #prepaid services).

• Heck, #Signal as a #VCmoneyBurningParty doesn't even offer any "#subscription" whatsoever!

@adisonverlice @nick precisely.

• Whereas @delta couldn't hand over any data even if they wanted to and since it's #FLOSS any attempts at i.e. hardcoding a #backdoor or #blocking domains would be trivial to detect and undo by virtue of #forking.

• Whereas with @signalapp one has to rely on @Mer__edith et. al.'s promise that the code they release - regardless if app but espechally backend - is the code they run.

Which is doubtful at best aka. "#TrustMeBro!" - level of guarantee…

• Also #Signal's business is unsustainable as unlike @monocles they don't recoup operational costs from their users but act as #VCmoneyBurningParty, and that will inevitaboy backfire…

@adisonverlice @signalapp again: #KYC is the illicit activity and demanding #PII and/or sending confirmation #SMS is inherently bad.

Compared to i.e. @delta / #deltaChat or @monocles / #monoclesChat it's already a no-go to demand a #PhoneNumber, and the latter one is actually #sustainable.because it's paid for by users and not a #VCmoneyBurningParty!

@Siph YES!

#Dropout really needs to make him parody #SamAltman (#OpenAI) realize that his business is just an #Enshittification Machine & #VCmoneyBurningParty!

• Bonus points if they reference "#InternetHateMachine" as "#EnshittificationMachine" with #capitalism and #billionaire #greed as ingredients for  as result...

@forthy42 @pascal_f @ulrichkelber selbst dann würde ich nicht darauf vertrauen dass der #DRM-Trick den @signalapp nutzt dauerhaft funktionieren wird.

• #Microsoft könnte dies auf allowlisted Apps bzw. bekannte Checksums/Programme limitieren oder explizit für #Signal deaktivieren.

Alle #API|s und #ABIs unter #Windows sind reine Bitten: Es gibt kein Anrecht (weder dokumentierte "MUST" capabilities noch juristisch) aufbZugriffe und Funktionen!

Wenn Signal kein #Shitcoin-#Scam (#MobileCoin) und #VCmoneyBurningParty unter #CloudAct wäre dann würden diese aktiv #Windows11 (und alle anderen Windows-Versionen) aussperren und stattdessen #SelfCustody, #Dezentralisoerung, #Tor und #Datensparsamkeit umsetzen!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695158410619458
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114695449755257786

@Mer__edith yet @signalapp still demands #PII and refuses to pull out of the #USA putting it's users at risk as per #CloudAct.

• Either go #SelfCustody & #decentralized like #XMPP+OMEMO ( i.e. @monocles & @gajim ) or #PGP/MIME ( i.e. @delta & @thunderbird ) or don't, cuz a #VCMoneyBurningParty that shills #Shitcoin - #Scams like #MobileCoin is never to be trusted!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSGq9FQKU4

@silhouette @richi @signalapp @torproject

1. You completely miss the points! There is no "#TechnicalNecessity" to demand #PII like a #PhoneNumber - espechally for a "#privacy"-focussed messenger!

2. & 3. #Signal is able and willing to comply with #Cyberfacism and pushing a #Shitcoin (#MobileCoin) makes it trivial to criminalize the App for "illegal & unregilated banking". If #Moxie or @Mer__edith cared they'd yeet that thing (or didn't even integrate it to begin with!) to avoid the attention. And yes Signal does restrict the App functionality when using a phone number from #Russia & #Iran (among other nations), thus affecting not only those in need of safe comms but by sending a verification code to them, earmarking them for police & intelligence. Which bings.me to the 1st agrument.

4. #Tor has a stellar record in terms of stability, integrity and censorship circumvention. DIY'ing something instead if following almost two decades of solid progress is absurd and violates "don't roll your own crypto" as a rule!

5. Only with #SelfCustody can you protect your own data. Or do you really expect Staff from Signal to not talk when facing lifetime in jail? If they have the keys, they can decrypt it, thus their #E2EE is just a "#TrustMeBro!" concept. I mean, what prevents them from being forced into backdooring all comms to @icij as per #NSL? Any "guarantee" without self-custody is worthless by virtue of being unenforceable!

Signal pushing #TechPopulism instead of teaching folks that their #ComSec is worth diddly-piss wothout.#OpSec, #InfoSec & #ITsec is dangerous!

• And yes claiming "JuSt UsE sIgNaL!" is dangerous in the era of #Trump's #cyberfacist regime acting as it does (like with the #ICC)!

Not to mention there are better options that don't do that shite (i.e. demand PII) and just work. @monocles / #monoclesChat & @delta / #deltaChat for example can adapt way better to said risks and ain't run by a #VCmoneyBurningParty!