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by enedil 1057 days ago
> It may be that Signal pioneered E2EE chat

Also false. XMPP OTR existed long prior.
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bjord 1057 days ago
I think the question is who popularized it. Arguably, Signal did, by bringing it (both via its own app and via its protocol) to the masses.
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timbit42 1056 days ago
The question is who 'pioneered' it, not who 'popularized' it.
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