A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

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    2 months ago

    That’s what you get for trusting Microsoft with anything…or Google…or Apple…or Facebook… stop tying your communication to these companies, they can pull the rug at any time.

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        2 months ago

        Matrix (federated) or Briar (multi-modal P2P) are both good options for getting rid of dependency on central organizations.

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            2 months ago

            They didn’t fuck up, they made a design choice about the scope of the app. Are they also fucking up by not blurring the messages on screen? After all someone could be looking over your shoulder without you realizing it. Maybe Signal should ship with spyglasses.

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              I’m not sure why you think anyone would want a messenger that touts itself for its encryption to not encrypt things.

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                  Then it’s weird they are fixing it now. Why aren’t they insisting this doesn’t need to be dealt with because it was a feature, not a bug?

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                    2 months ago

                    It’s really fucking annoying how relentlessly you pick fights with people these days. Wish you’d chill out dude.

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                    2 months ago

                    It’s weird that apps sometimes change scope and add features that users want? Ones that contributers already did most of the work for?

                    Why aren’t they insisting this doesn’t need to be dealt with because it was a feature, not a bug?

                    That was literally what they have been saying this whole fucking time.

                    “The database key was never intended to be a secret. At-rest encryption is not something that Signal Desktop is currently trying to provide or has ever claimed to provide,” responded the Signal employee.