Subj : Re: w/o the govt, fed or China listening
To   : paulie420
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 08:12 am

-=> paulie420 wrote to Ogg <=-

 pa> So I tried out the new encrypted messaging apps and found Sessions to
 pa> be the best;

 pa> Signal - still requires a phone#

 pa> Sesions - no phone#, can be anonymous

 pa> SimpleX - no account even; completely anonymous

 pa> ... SimpleX is TOO much for me - Sessions is perfect IMO.

I just don't know how you get a group of people to use anything except
Signal, unless something goes seriously sideways and people look to an
alternative.

Session looks nice, I wish there was a unc convention for usernames so
you could share your contacts more easily than with a QR code.

There are some interesting concerns about AI features on phones being
able to read encrypted messages once they're on the phone and being a
weak link. Physical access to the device usually means game over
anyways, though - unless there's a backdoor in AI assistants we don't
know about.

Reminds me of an XKCD comic - two panels. One shows a bunch of law
enforcement types describing an expensive means to break into a laptop.

The second panel shows one character instructing the other to drug the
owner and hit him with a $5 wrench until he gives up the password:

https://xkcd.com/538/

The moral of the story: Mind the Weakest Link.




 
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

.