[inflorescer]

> If criminals were smart (his words), they’d use Signal or Whatsapp where they’d be a small percentage of the user base and authorities would have a much harder time to get court-allowed blanket access like they had with Sky or Encro.

How could I get a court order to get blanket access to Signal?

[dstick]

You can’t, that was his point.

[inflorescer]

> You can’t, that was his point.

Oh, ok. I'd prefer he say things directly. For example, if someone insinuates criminals are stupid I tend to discount what they say, not try to infer the speaker's true meaning.

(Many criminals are extremely intelligent, but feel stymied from legitimate employment despite having smarts and skills, this is a well documented phenomenon.)

[SSLy]

Ineffective, or using side-channels

[inflorescer]

> Ineffective, or using side-channels

Yeah, I worry more about the device running Signal.

Is it up to date? | Any other apps with flaws?

And then any time the browser is used there's risk, especially since mobile devices are worse about supporting ad blocking - that's one reason I like Algo - block malicious stuff at the DNS level rather than worry your combination of privacy extensions is giving you security but also making you more fingerprintable (reducing privacy).

BUT I like Signal as a way to reduce ambiguity. (Eg: If I text you on Signal, it's unlikely someone snarfed that out of the air, and over time I can see where information is leaking, same goes for a voice chat)

Then it's down to trust, which is sadly an unsolved problem. (At least for this poster)