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by PoignardAzur 1544 days ago
Sounds like you haven't read the post in question, which the article links: https://www.facebook.com/dubilet/posts/10157903866578552

Dubilet makes some insightful points:

- That having a centralized legacy system creates a single point of vulnerability, unlike peer-to-peer encryption.

- That the app can be installed on a special-issue smartphone to avoid hardware backdoors and risk of compromise from other apps.

- That the status quo (politicians use chat apps anyway for lack of an equally convenient certified option) isn't secure anyway.

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Sounds like guy is proposing usage of Signal app, and maybe "flashing custom ROM",

"special issue smartphone"? Good luck on that, producing your own smartphone . And you are going to need to produce it to avoid hardware and software backdoors.