@debacle @nicoco @Elizafox exactly: @signalapp does everything they can to look like a sting op.

• Using #AWS is just a waste of money, they have no means of sustaining their "non-profit" #business in any shape or form (i.e. #subscriptions) longterm and sooner or later they'll either run out of funds or get shutdown.

Espechally since they don't flatout-ban users from #Russia, #Cuba, #Iran or #NorthKorea.

• Given that any #US compamy wanting to serve these markets has to basixally lick the boots if the U.S. government beyond #CloudAct compliance, this is obvious.

Demanding a #PhoneNumber is a HUGE #RedDlag as that's basically "#KYC with Extra Steps" akin to #AVS with #CreditCards!

@soatok @sarahjamielewis I disagree on @signalapp 's "#Privacy" claims simply because demanding a #PhoneNumber when it's not a "technical necessity" is just indefensibly bad and at best "#KYC with extra steps", thus anti-privacy.

• If #Signal did put privacy first, they'd refuse to collect any data in the first place and actively make it impossible for them to identify, single-out ot otherwise snitch on users!

To me Signal has the same stench as #ANØM aka. #OperationIronside aka. #OperationTrøjanShield and unless one can 100% #SelfHost and #decentralize it, it's claims are at best #marketing #lies amidst legislation like #CloudAct, that'll give them no choice but to snitch & d0x users to the #US government!

• Only truly #anonymous|ly useable, decentralized and self-custody #mesaging with real #E2EE is going to be secure. And Signal falls flat on it's face compared to #XMPP+#OMEMO (i.e. @gajim & @monocles / #monoclesChat) and #PGP/MIME (i.e. @delta / #deltaChat & @thunderbird )…

@b The sherr fact that @signalapp ties stuff to a #PhoneNumber is inherently bad and gives them the same stench as #EncroChat & #ANØM did.

• Why else would they not flat-out ban #PhoneNumbers from #NorthKorea, #Iran, #Russia and #Cuba?

It"s just #deanonymization with a single step in between from demanding "#KYC" with an #ID!

@scotty86 nicht wirklich.

• #Bitcoin ist ein #Shitcoin und wegen der #Zentralisierung und #ASIC|s unverantwortbar und.dient faktisch nur der #Kapitalflucht von #Millionären und #Milliardären!

Gibt genug Anbieter die #Monero können, vorallem weil @RoteHilfe ja kein Problem damit hat sich zu identifizieren und meines Wissens konsequent an #KYC, #AML & #CTF-Regularien hält.

• Siehe NowPayments: Ich,arbeite zwar nicht für die, wäre aber bereit denen beim #Onboarding zu helfen.

Und ja, #NowPayments macht auch #Swapping von #Shitcoins automatisch und kümmert sich darum. D.h. Leute können auch mit #Shitcoins wie $TRUMP & $PEPE spenden, wenn die jene nicht explizit ablehnen!
https://nowpayments.io/donation-tools

Ansonsten gibt's auch @Liberapay als Spendenplattform:
https://liberapay.com